Re: libc-bin, libc-bin-amd64 conflict (Solved)

[Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net>]

On 04/26/2014 02:57 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 25 apr 14, 17:29:13, Gary Roach wrote:
> > When running Aptitude,  a red bar in the bottom half of the screen
> > says
> > "Unable to resolve dependencies". If I hit "g" after I update package list
> > and  Mark Upgradable, the top of the screen lists:
> >      iB      libc-bin
> >      pBA   libc-bin:amd64
> > The red box in the center of the screen says: No solution to these
> > descrepency problems exists!
> > At this point Aptitude is essentially frozen.
> >
> > Attempts to run dpkg produce:
> >      root# dpkg -i libc-bin
> >      dpkg: error processing libc-bin (--install): cannot access archive: No
> > such file or directory
> >      Errors were encountered while processing: libc-bin
> This can't work, because 'dpkg -i' needs files (not package names).
> Please provide the output of:
>
> dpkg --print-architecture
> dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
> apt-cache policy
> apt-cache policy libc-bin
> aptitude --simulate safe-upgrade
> aptitude --simulate full-upgrade
>
> I'm assuming your package lists are updated, otherwise please run
> 'aptitude update' (or press 'u' in interactive mode) first.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
I ran your suggestions. When aptitude --simulate worked OK, I decided to 
run a dpkg upgrade and it worked. I found that something was wrong with 
Aptitude. I purged Aptitude using apt-get and reinstalled the package. 
Everything now works fine. Thanks for your help.

Gary R