Can't install or uninstall
Posts: 29
Here is an example of the messages I get when attempting to install
anything.
root@20[joe]# apt-get install nano
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following
packages have unmet dependencies:
?? libcupsys2-dev: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (= 1.1.22-2) but 1.1.23-3
?? is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).
So I try apt-get -f install, and it comes back with:
root@20[joe]# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
?? libcupsys2-dev
The following packages will be upgraded:
?? libcupsys2-dev
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 257 not upgraded. 206 not
fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/85.2kB of archives.
After unpacking 12.3kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want
to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 80665 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libcupsys2-dev 1.1.22-2 (using
.../libcupsys2-dev_1.1.23-3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement
libcupsys2-dev ... dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsys2-dev_1.1.23-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
??trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/fr/man1/cups-config.1.gz', which is
??also in package cupsys
Errors were encountered while processing:
??/var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsys2-dev_1.1.23-3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I renamed cups-config.1.gz but got the same message when it tried to do
another install.
The package mentioned in the message: libcupsys2-dev... is not installed,
and can't be installed, because it depends on libcupsys2-gnutls10, which
appears to be half-installed. Its status is 'install ok unpacked' instead
of 'install ok install'.
I thought I'd uninstall libcupsys2-gnutls10, prior to re-installing it,
but it can't be uninstalled; instead, several messages appear:
apt-get remove --yes libcupsys2-gnutls10 Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following
packages have unmet dependencies:
?? cupsys: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.20final-1) but it is not
?? going to be installed cupsys-bsd: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>=
?? 1.1.23-1) but it is not going to be installed cupsys-client: Depends:
?? libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.23-1) but it is not going to be installed
?? cupsys-driver-gimpprint: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.20final-1)
?? but it is not going to be installed gs-esp: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10
?? (>= 1.1.20final-1) but it is not going to be installed kdelibs-bin:
?? Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.20final-1) but it is not going to
?? be installed kdelibs4: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.20final-1)
?? but it is not going to be installed libcupsimage2: Depends:
?? libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.23-1) but it is not going to be installed
?? libcupsys2-dev: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (= 1.1.22-2) but it is not
?? going to be installed libgnomecups1.0-1: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10
?? (>= 1.1.20final-1) but it is not going to be installed
?? libgnomeprint2.2-0: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.20final-1) but
?? it is not going to be installed libwine-print: Depends:
?? libcupsys2-gnutls10 but it is not going to be installed samba: Depends:
?? libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.20final-1) but it is not going to be
?? installed scribus: Depends: libcupsys2-gnutls10 (>= 1.1.23-1) but it is
?? not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution). RESULT=100
This is beginning to get a bit confusing, and I was wondering if anyone
has a suggestion.
Thanks Wayne, that did the
Posts: 29
Thanks Wayne, that did the trick.
I did the apt-get update without incident, and then tried apt-get install nano as a test.
It came back with the usual message about a problem and try apt-get -f install.
I did that, but this time, it went to work and downloaded and installed or updated a lot of programs, including the ones that were only half-installed.
I was then able to install (and uninstall) nano, so it looks like the package database is ok.
I'm not sure, but did you e
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I'm not sure, but did you ever do an apt-get update? This updates your package list only and has nothing to do with an upgrade which is different. Yesterday l installed another Mepis version and l forgot to do that and l got some of the stuff you got but after l did the update it was fine. Worth a try anyway
Wayne