stuck on apt-get upgrade; error in version string; apt-get -f install won't help
I don't know how best to proceed without doing more damage. I just recently
tried and apt-get upgrade and ran into the following:
apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mjpegtools : Depends: liblavfile-2.0-0 but it is not installed
Depends: liblavjpeg-2.0-0 but it is not installed
Depends: liblavplay-2.0-0 but it is not installed
Depends: libmjpegutils-2.0-0 but it is not installed
Depends: libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0 but it is not installed
Depends: libmplex2-2.0-0 but it is not installed
Then:
phobos:/home/nick# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
libdns81 libgoffice-0.8-8 libgoffice-0.8-8-common libisc83 liblapack3gf
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
liblavfile-2.0-0 liblavjpeg-2.0-0 liblavplay-2.0-0 libmjpegutils-2.0-0
libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0 libmplex2-2.0-0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
liblavfile-2.0-0 liblavjpeg-2.0-0 liblavplay-2.0-0 libmjpegutils-2.0-0
libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0 libmplex2-2.0-0
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 270 not upgraded.
108 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/280 kB of archives.
After this operation, 745 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 502642
package 'cnews':
error in Version string 'cr.g7-40.4': version number does not start with
digit
(Reading database ... 186047 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libmjpegutils-2.0-0 (from
.../libmjpegutils-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/libmjpegutils-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmjpegutils-2.0.so.0.0.0',
which is also in package libmjpegtools-2.0-0:i386 1:2.0.0-dmo1
Unpacking liblavfile-2.0-0 (from
.../liblavfile-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/liblavfile-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/liblavfile-2.0.so.0.0.0', which
is also in package libmjpegtools-2.0-0:i386 1:2.0.0-dmo1
Unpacking liblavjpeg-2.0-0 (from
.../liblavjpeg-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/liblavjpeg-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/liblavjpeg-2.0.so.0.0.0', which
is also in package libmjpegtools-2.0-0:i386 1:2.0.0-dmo1
Unpacking liblavplay-2.0-0 (from
.../liblavplay-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/liblavplay-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/liblavplay-2.0.so.0.0.0', which
is also in package libmjpegtools-2.0-0:i386 1:2.0.0-dmo1
Unpacking libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0 (from
.../libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmpeg2encpp-2.0.so.0.0.0',
which is also in package libmjpegtools-2.0-0:i386 1:2.0.0-dmo1
Unpacking libmplex2-2.0-0 (from
.../libmplex2-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/libmplex2-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmplex2-2.0.so.0.0.0', which
is also in package libmjpegtools-2.0-0:i386 1:2.0.0-dmo1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libmjpegutils-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/liblavfile-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/liblavjpeg-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/liblavplay-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libmplex2-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The initial error on the first attempt was the version string errors. I know
sid in kinda crazy right now but what's the best way to proceed?
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