Re: apt-get -f install failing
On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 01:12:37PM -0500, Paul van Wamelen wrote:
> aptitude is also build on dpkg so wouldn't I still get the same errors? Will
> aptitude know better what to do with them than apt-get?
>
Both aptitude and apt-get are based on dpkg, however, both tell dpkg to
do something to a particular package one at a time. Yes, aptitude is
smarter about this than apt-get. Also, with aptitude you can play
around with the packages in the UI until you are happy with what it
wants to do.
As far as these specific errors, I don't run KDE so can't help there.
Since you know that apt-get -f install wants to remove kdebluetooth
(which seems to have some interaction with kdelock-knoppix) and rserve,
what happens if you use dpkg -P kdebluetooth? What happens if you
remove kdelock-knoppix (if you don't need it).
Personally, I would go to aptitude and see exactly what kdebluetooth is
and what needs it, and what it needs then remove it from there (if
I really don't want it).
Doug.
>
> On 11/20/06, Douglas Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> >
> >On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 08:22:53AM -0500, Paul van Wamelen wrote:
> >> I'm trying to install some packages but seem to have gotten the package
> >> manager thoroughly confused:
> >>
> >> When trying to install anything I get the "unmet dependencies" error
> >with
> >> the suggestion to run "apt-get -f install". Doing that I get the
> >following
> >> two errors:
> >>
> >> Removing kdebluetooth ...
> >> dpkg-divert: mismatch on divert-to
> >> when removing `diversion of /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock to
> >> /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock_nobt by kdebluetooth'
> >> found `diversion of /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock to
> >/usr/bin/kdesktop_lock.orig
> >> by kdelock-knoppix'
> >> dpkg: error processing kdebluetooth (--remove):
> >> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> >> Removing rserve ...
> >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/rserve.postrm: line 15: R: command not found
> >> dpkg: error processing rserve (--remove):
> >> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
> >>
> >> Can someone please suggest the next thing to try?
> >>
> >
> >Have you every used a different package manager?
> >
> >I would suggest that use switch to aptitude and stick with it. You may
> >use other managers to search or display if you wish, but use one and
> >only one to install or remove. If you mix managers, they will not
> >handle dependancies the same and will fight.
> >
> >Aptitude on the command line is almost a drop-in replacement for
> >apt-get. Better still, it has a test UI interactive (just run aptitude
> >with no arguments) that lets you see what you're doing.
> >
> >When you first run aptitude, go down the list of installed packages and
> >mark everything that you don't specifically want installed as
> >automatically installed so that aptitude will manage them for you.
> >
> >You may also find broken packages (packages with unmet dependancies)
> >which you can fix manually from within the UI. You can tell aptitude
> >(via menu config) to automatically install recommended packages but I
> >don't recommend this. When you firt tell it to go, it presents a list
> >of what it wants to do, and includes a list of recommended packages from
> >which you can choose.
> >
> >You can basically get everything sorted out before telling aptitude to
> >go ahead and do stuff.
> >
> >Doug.
> >
> >
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