Bug#703375: apt: installing skype 4.1 in multiarch tries to deinstall large portion of system
Package: apt
Version: 0.9.7.8
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
tried to install
skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb
according to
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12120/getting-started-with-skype-for-linux
section for debian "7.0+ at 64-bit"
which failed due to missing packages:
# dpkg -i --force-architecture /tmp/skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 359945 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace skype 4.1.0.20-1 (using
..../skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement skype ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:
skype depends on libasound2 (>= 1.0.16).
skype depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~).
skype depends on libc6 (>= 2.7).
skype depends on libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1).
skype depends on libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3).
skype depends on libqt4-network (>= 4:4.8.0).
skype depends on libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3).
skype depends on libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1).
skype depends on libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0).
skype depends on libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.1.0~2011week13).
skype depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.6).
skype depends on libx11-6.
skype depends on libxext6.
skype depends on libxss1.
skype depends on libxv1.
skype depends on libssl1.0.0.
dpkg: error processing skype (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for mime-support ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
skype
trying to fix that with
# apt-get -f install
results in apt trying to remove a large portion of installed packages
which are in no way related:
# 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:
buffer calibre-bin digikam-data dvdstyler-data faac gcc-4.7-base:i386
gir1.2-gconf-2.0
gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-themes-standard-data gnumeric-common
gpac gpac-modules-base hdf5-helpers
kommander libagg-dev libarmadillo3 libaudiofile-dev
libavahi-common-data:i386 libavfilter2
libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-python-dev
libboost-system-dev
libboost-thread-dev libcairo-script-interpreter2 libcf0
libchromaprint0 libdap-dev libdap11 libdapclient3
libdapserver7 libdbusmenu-glib4 libechonest2.0 libenchant-dev
libepsilon0 libesd0-dev libfreexl1 libftgl2
libgconf2-dev libgdal-dev libgdal1 libgdal1-dev libgdiplus
libgeos-3.3.3 libgeos-c1 libgeos-dev
libgeotiff2 libgif-dev libgoffice-0.10-10-common libgpac2
libgringotts2 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common
libgtkglext1 libhdf4-0-alt libhdf4-alt-dev libhdf5-7 libhdf5-dev
libhdf5-serial-dev libhildon-1-0
libindicate5 libjasper-dev libjbig-dev libjs-jquery libjs-sphinxdoc
libjs-underscore libjson-glib-1.0-0
libkml0 libmcrypt4 libmono-accessibility2.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil
libmono-data-tds2.0-cil
libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil libmono-messaging2.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil
libmono-security2.0-cil
libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-sqlite2.0-cil
libmono-system-data-linq2.0-cil libmono-system-data2.0-cil
libmono-system-messaging2.0-cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil
libmono-system2.0-cil libmono-wcf3.0-cil
libmono-webbrowser2.0-cil libmono2.0-cil libmp4v2-2 libnetcdf-dev
libnetcdfc++4 libnetcdfc7 libnetcdff5
libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-glib4 libnm-gtk-common libnm-util2 libogdi3.2
libopencv-core2.3 libopencv-flann2.3
libopencv-imgproc2.3 libopencv-video2.3 libpixman-1-dev libproj-dev
libproj0 libprojectm2 libqxt-core0
libqxt-gui0 librasterlite1 libsigc++-2.0-dev libspatialite-dev
libspatialite3 libspatialite5 libsvncpp3
libtbb2 libtiff-tools libtiff4-dev libtiff5 libtiffxx0c2 liburiparser1
libvisio-0.0-0 libwps-0.2-2
libwxbase2.8-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcomposite-dev
libxcursor-dev libxerces-c2-dev
libxerces-c28 libxft-dev libxine1-x libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev
libxrender-dev monav-client monav-data
monav-routing-daemon nautilus-data network-manager proj-data
projectm-data python-beautifulsoup
python-cherrypy3 python-cssselect python-cssutils python-feedparser
python-imaging python-imaging-compat
python-mechanize python-netifaces python-pkg-resources
python-pyparsing python-pypdf python-repoze.lru
python-routes qdvdauthor-data smartmontools uuid-dev vamps wx-common
wx2.8-headers x11proto-composite-dev
x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-render-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev
xsane-common
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libc-bin:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
adobereader-enu:i386 arandr blueman calibre clementine cpp-4.7 d-feet
desktop-base digikam doxygen-latex
dvd-slideshow dvd95 dvdauthorwizard dvdstyler dvdwizard epdfview
evince file-roller galculator gcc-4.7
gcc-4.7-base gcc-4.7-multilib gcr gimp gimp-plugin-registry
gir1.2-freedesktop gir1.2-gtk-2.0
gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-1.0 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0
gir1.2-pango-1.0 gir1.2-webkit-1.0
gnome-color-chooser gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring
gnome-themes-standard gnumeric gparted gsmartcontrol
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-x
iceweasel inkscape lib32gcc-4.7-dev
libbonoboui2-0 libc-bin libcairo-gobject2 libcairo2-dev
libcairomm-1.0-1 libcairomm-1.0-dev
libcanberra-gtk3-0 libdbusmenu-glib-dev libevdocument3-4 libevview3-3
libgail-3-0 libgail18
libgcc-4.7-dev libgcr-3-1 libgegl-0.2-0 libgimp2.0 libglade2-0
libglademm-2.4-1c2a libgnome-bluetooth10
libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomeui-0 libgoffice-0.10-10 libgtk-3-0
libgtk-3-bin libgtk2.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a
libgtkmm-3.0-1 libgtkspell-dev libgtkspell0 libhildon-1-dev
libindicate-dev libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-dev
libmagickcore5-extra libmapnik-dev libmapnik2-2.0 libmapnik2-dev
libmono-winforms2.0-cil
libnautilus-extension1a libnm-gtk0 libnm-util-dev libogmrip1
libopencv-calib3d2.3 libopencv-features2d2.3
libopencv-highgui2.3 libopencv-legacy2.3 libopencv-objdetect2.3
libpango1.0-dev libpangomm-1.4-1
libpoppler-glib8 libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core
libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common
libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-filter-binfilter
libreoffice-filter-mobiledev
libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-java-common
libreoffice-kde libreoffice-math
libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-style-galaxy
libreoffice-style-oxygen libreoffice-style-tango
libreoffice-writer librsvg2-2 librsvg2-bin librsvg2-common
libstdc++6-4.7-dev libunique-dev libwebkit-dev
libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxgtk2.8-dev
libwxsvg0 libx32gcc-4.7-dev lxdvdrip
mdbtools-gmdb mediainfo-gui meld midori mjpegtools mjpegtools-gtk
mkvtoolnix-gui monav monav-preprocessor
mythes-de mythes-de-ch mythes-en-us navit-graphics-gtk-drawing-area
network-manager-gnome
notification-daemon ogmrip ogmrip-mpeg ogmrip-profiles
ogmrip-video-copy openoffice.org
openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common
openoffice.org-draw
openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev openoffice.org-help-en-us
openoffice.org-impress
openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-math
openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-thesaurus-de
openoffice.org-thesaurus-de-ch openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us
openoffice.org-writer opera osmo paman
paprefs pavucontrol pavumeter pdfshuffler policykit-1-gnome
python-cairo python-cairo-dev python-glade2
python-gtk2 python-gtksourceview2 python-notify python-poppler
python-vte qdvdauthor rapidsvn seahorse
setools skype:i386 stardict-gtk stardict-plugin texlive-latex-extra
texlive-pictures videotrans xaralx
xaralx-svg xsane xul-ext-firebug xul-ext-firecookie xul-ext-firexpath
xulrunner-10.0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libc-bin:i386
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
libc-bin
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 193 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 1.211 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1.273 MB disk space will be freed.
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-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$";
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APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
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CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
#Package: plasma-desktop
#Pin: version experimental
#Pin-Priority: 990
Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless
Pin: release *
Pin-Priority: -1
Package: openjdk-6-jre-lib
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-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# deb http://debian.tu-bs.de/debian/ lenny main
#deb http://debian.tu-bs.de/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://debian.tu-bs.de/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org/ sid/updates main
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ sid/updates main
#deb ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/debian-multimedia/ unstable main
#deb-src ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/debian-multimedia/ unstable main
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org unstable main non-free
deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org unstable main non-free
deb http://pkg-fso.alioth.debian.org/debian unstable main
deb-src http://pkg-fso.alioth.debian.org/debian unstable main
deb [arch=amd64] http://www.emdebian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src [arch=amd64] http://www.emdebian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb [arch=amd64] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free contrib
#deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
#deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
# see http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-amd64@lists.debian.org/msg26003.html
#deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free
#deb http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
#deb-src http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
#deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental iceweasel-4.0
#deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy iceweasel-3.6
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.12-7
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.7.8
ii libc6 2.17-0experimental2
ii libgcc1 1:4.8-20130217-1
ii libstdc++6 4.8-20130217-1
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.9.1-1
ii dpkg-dev 1.16.10
pn python-apt <none>
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2
-- no debconf information
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