dpkg -i /home/dnoob/Backports/octave-5.1.0/*.deb (Reading database ... 353767 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../liboctave7_5.1.0-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking liboctave7:amd64 (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... Preparing to unpack .../liboctave7-dbgsym_5.1.0-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking liboctave7-dbgsym:amd64 (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... Preparing to unpack .../liboctave-dev_5.1.0-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking liboctave-dev (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... Preparing to unpack .../liboctave-dev-dbgsym_5.1.0-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking liboctave-dev-dbgsym (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... dpkg: regarding .../octave_5.1.0-4_amd64.deb containing octave: octave breaks liboctave6 liboctave6:amd64 (version 4.4.1-5) is present and installed. dpkg: error processing archive /home/dnoob/Backports/octave-5.1.0/octave_5.1.0-4_amd64.deb (--install): installing octave would break liboctave6:amd64, and deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help) Preparing to unpack .../octave-common_5.1.0-4_all.deb ... Unpacking octave-common (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... Preparing to unpack .../octave-dbgsym_5.1.0-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking octave-dbgsym (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... Preparing to unpack .../octave-doc_5.1.0-4_all.deb ... Unpacking octave-doc (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... Preparing to unpack .../octave-htmldoc_5.1.0-4_all.deb ... Unpacking octave-htmldoc (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... Preparing to unpack .../octave-info_5.1.0-4_all.deb ... Unpacking octave-info (5.1.0-4) over (5.1.0-4) ... Setting up liboctave7:amd64 (5.1.0-4) ... Setting up liboctave7-dbgsym:amd64 (5.1.0-4) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of liboctave-dev: liboctave-dev depends on octave (= 5.1.0-4); however: Package octave is not installed. liboctave-dev depends on libreadline-dev | libreadline-gplv2-dev; however: Package libreadline-dev is not installed. Package libreadline-gplv2-dev is not installed. liboctave-dev depends on libhdf5-dev | libhdf5-openmpi-dev | libhdf5-mpich-dev; however: Package libhdf5-dev is not installed. Package libhdf5-openmpi-dev is not installed. Package libhdf5-mpich-dev is not installed. liboctave-dev depends on libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev; however: Package libgl1-mesa-dev is not installed. Package libgl-dev is not installed. liboctave-dev depends on libblas-dev | libblas.so; however: Package libblas-dev is not installed. Package libblas.so is not installed. liboctave-dev depends on liblapack-dev | liblapack.so; however: Package liblapack-dev is not installed. Package liblapack.so is not installed. liboctave-dev depends on libfftw3-dev; however: Package libfftw3-dev is not installed. liboctave-dev depends on gfortran; however: Package gfortran is not installed. dpkg: error processing package liboctave-dev (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of liboctave-dev-dbgsym: liboctave-dev-dbgsym depends on liboctave-dev (= 5.1.0-4); however: Package liboctave-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package liboctave-dev-dbgsym (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up octave-common (5.1.0-4) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of octave-dbgsym: octave-dbgsym depends on octave (= 5.1.0-4); however: Package octave is not installed. dpkg: error processing package octave-dbgsym (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up octave-doc (5.1.0-4) ... Setting up octave-htmldoc (5.1.0-4) ... Setting up octave-info (5.1.0-4) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-10) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-4+b1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /home/dnoob/Backports/octave-5.1.0/octave_5.1.0-4_amd64.deb liboctave-dev liboctave-dev-dbgsym octave-dbgsym