Installing Samba

Hi, I just downloaded and installed the Wordpress Ubuntu 9.10 server virtual machine and would like to be able to edit and change the various PHP files for wordpress from my windows machines (using GUI based editors.) But in order to do that, I need to be able to see the Ubuntu machine from Windows Explorer.

I was told I need to install samba. However, the first step is tripping me up. I type in:

$sudo apt-get install samba

and I get back the following error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
samba: Depends: libcups2 (>= 1.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: lubtalloc1 (>= 1.4.0~git20090718) but it is not installable
Depends: libwclient0 (>= 2:3.4.0~pre2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: update-inetd but it is not installable
Recommends: logrotate but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

And now I do not know what to do. Apparently some things simple cannot be installed (they are uninstallable!)

Where do I go from here?

FWIW — this is a default download of the Wordpress Ubuntu VM. I’ve done no other configuration.

Hi,

You should update the repository packages before trying to install Samba.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install samba

I hope it helps.