how to get out of recursive " Error pkgProblemResolver::Resolve " problems
Hi,
I recently upgraded a laptop using sid and then did upgrade and dist upgrade
and i got into a terrible pickle
where it could not upgrade and kept telling me certain packages were not able
to be installed ... secondary to messages such as
so if i do apt-get install -f
i get the message
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
bluez-alsa: Depends: libasound2 (> 1.0.24.1)
cheese: Depends: libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25) but it is not installed
Depends: libcheese-gtk20 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not installed
Depends: libcheese1 (>= 3.2.0) but it is not installed
Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not installed
Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.32) but 0.10.28-1 is installed
cmake: Depends: cmake-data (= 2.8.1-2) but 2.8.5-1 is installed
epiphany-browser: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not instal
led
epiphany-extensions: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not ins
talled
gir1.2-atk-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
gir1.2-clutter-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed
gir1.2-cogl-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
gir1.2-coglpango-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed
gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.23.0) but it is not in
stalled
gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed
gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
gir1.2-gtk-3.0: Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed
gir1.2-json-1.0: Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 (>= 0.9.12) but it is not installed
gnome-bluetooth: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not install
ed
Depends: gir1.2-freedesktop but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 but it is not installed
Depends: gir1.2-pango-1.0 but it is not installed
gnome-control-center: Depends: libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25) but it is not inst
alled
Depends: libcheese-gtk20 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not instal
led
Depends: libcheese1 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not installed
Depends: libcolord1 (>= 0.1.13) but it is not installed
Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.23.0) but it is not in
stalled
Depends: libgnome-control-center1 (= 1:3.2.2-2) but it i
s not installed
Depends: libgnome-menu-3-0 (>= 3.2.0.1) but it is not in
stalled
Depends: libgnomekbd7 (>= 2.91.91) but it is not install
ed
Depends: libgoa-1.0-0 (>= 3.1.1) but it is not installed
Depends: libnm-glib4 (>= 0.8.998) but it is not installe
d
Depends: libnm-gtk0 (>= 0.9.1.95) but it is not installe
d
Depends: libnm-util2 (>= 0.8.998) but it is not installe
d
Depends: libpulse-mainloop-glib0 (>= 0.99.1) but 0.9.21-
1.2+b1 is installed
Depends: libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1) but 0.9.21-1.2+b1 is inst
alled
Depends: libsocialweb-client2 (>= 0.25.3) but it is not
installed
etc...
libnotify4: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) but it is not installed
E: Error pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks. this may be caused by hel
d packages
E: Unable to correct dependencies.
Any way to resolve this short of a reinstall?
I have tried to make a script with all those packages to the left of Depends an
d do
apt-get remove <all those packages>
but each time I do that the list grows exponentially in length.
Is there another apt-get
magic incantation or else
Is there a way to cut back to a small size and build up again?
Thanks
Mitchell
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