wheezy packages problems
Hello,
I have a wheezy installation (itself upgraded from previous versions)
that I now want to upgrade to jessie.
I was following the instructions for the preparation to the upgrade to
jessie, and I got this:
# dpkg --audit
The following packages are missing the md5sums control file in the
database, they need to be reinstalled:
java-gcj-compat Java runtime environment using GIJ
However, reinstalling this package seems impossible, as it apparently
does not exist anymore:
# apt-get install --reinstall java-gcj-compat
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of java-gcj-compat is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
There are other strange things. For example, gcj-jre is not installed on
this system (?), but if I try to install it, I get:
# apt-get install gcj-jre
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gcj-jre : Depends: gcj-jre-headless (>= 4:4.7.2-1) but it is not going
to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Apart from this the systems seem up to date. I have tried apt-get clean,
apt-get dist-upgrade and aptitude, and none of them complain.
I have no idea what to do next, in order to have a trouble-free system
that I can safely upgrade to jessie. Suggestions?
Thanks
Giovanni
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