Bug#258851: libdb4.0: can't uninstall?
> Could you try apt-get -f install and see what apt wants to do?
Try #1:
>apt-get -f install libdb4.0
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
libdb4.0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Try #2:
>apt-get -f install --reinstall libdb4.0
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not
upgraded.
Need to get 0B/302kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 75716 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libdb4.0 4.0.14-2 (using
.../libdb4.0_4.0.14-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libdb4.0 ...
Setting up libdb4.0 (4.0.14-2) ...
>apt-get remove libdb4.0
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... 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.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xlibs: Depends: libxft1 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
Try #3:
>apt-get -f remove libdb4.0
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... 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.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xlibs: Depends: libxft1 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
Any other ideas?
--Jayen
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