Re: Could not early remove libpam0g

[elyograg <elyograg@wolsi.com>]

At 03:03 PM 4/24/2000 +1000, Bill wrote:
> E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential
> package libpam0g due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but
> if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
> E: Internal Error, Could not early remove libpam0g

Bill,

Try this:

apt-get -f -o APT::Force-LoopBreak dist-upgrade

If that doesn't work, try without the -f.  If you have no luck at all, you 
may have to log in as root (i'd recommend not using su, sudo, etc.) and do 
the following first:

dpkg --force-depends -r libpam0g

The dpkg and apt packages do not depend on this library, so there should be 
no problem with removing it long enough to get your system upgraded.  Of 
course, any running services might not work very well. :)

Thanks,
Shawn