Can't install Apache2 on Debian 6.0.3

[h3rm3s]

Hi everyone!

 

Recently, I found a very old server somewhere at a local hackerspace, so I figured, let's make it work again, so I can replace my Raspberry Pi B+ by an actual server.

 

I searched a LONG time to find a Linux Distro that would work on the machine, and the only one I could make it work with is 'Debian 6.0.3 Squeeze'.

 

So after setting up the system, I did the default routine: "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade".

 

When I did "sudo apt-get install apache2" it printed out this:

 

"Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 apache2 : Depends: apache2-mpm-worker (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze11) but it is not going to be installed or
                    apache2-mpm-prefork (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze11) but it is not going to be installed or
                    apache2-mpm-event (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze11) but it is not going to be installed or
                    apache2-mpm-itk (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze11) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: apache2.2-common (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze11) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages"

 

I am sure I didn't make any typos because I quadriple checked it. I already did some research, but I haven't found anything useful yet.

 

Any help is appreciated!!! Thanks!

 

EDIT:

For everyone who has the same problem, I seem to have fixed it. I changed the content of my /etc/apt/sources.list by the text you can find here: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using

After doing that, I read the rest of the web page, which actually shows a much shorter and cleaner way to do it. So if you have the same problem, I recommend to read this web page.

[KaasKop]

Been a while since I debugged that on Debian but I think I fixed it by doing:

sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get update

And then 

sudo apt-get -f

Then try again.

[h3rm3s]

18 hours ago, KaasKop said:

Been a while since I debugged that on Debian but I think I fixed it by doing:

sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get update

And then 

sudo apt-get -f

Then try again.

This doesn't seem to work. But thanks anyway!

[h3rm3s]

On 28.5.2016 at 6:01 AM, llldino said:

EOL for Debian 6 (squeeze) was the end of Febuary 2016. Maybe think about upgrading to Debian 7, or better yet, Debian 8?

Yes, I'm aware of that. The processor of my server is so old it needs a non-PAE Linx kernel, and as far as I know, Debian 7 or 8 are not non-PAE.