Some errors upgrading ubuntu

E K ekg_ab-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Mon Dec 17 03:02:11 UTC 2007


check what version of x11-common comes with edgy (run dpkg -l | grep
x11-common). Then run apt-get install x11-common-xxxx. After
installing x11-common try apt-get upgrade again.

Good luck,
EK


--- Alex Maynard <maynarda-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I've been upgrading from ubuntu drapper to edgy. Two upgrades went
> fine, 
> but the third hit some snags.  One way to fix it would be to
> install from 
> disk, but this laptop has my only xp partition and although I don't
> use it 
> often I'd rather not risk losing it. It also has some customization
> 
> from emperor-linux, so I could lose features by a new install.
> I've included the error messages below just in case any one has any
> 
> suggestions. It sounds to me like I have some missing directories I
> need 
> to create or some directories I need to empty, but it's not quite
> clear 
> which ones.
> 
> Alex
> 
> root at rhino:/usr/X11R6/bin# apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>    libxdmcp6: Depends: x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0) but 7.0.0-0ubuntu45
> is 
> installed
>    xserver-xorg-core: Depends: x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0) but
> 7.0.0-0ubuntu45 
> is installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
> root at rhino:/usr/X11R6/bin# apt-get -f install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>    x11-common
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>    x11-common
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1064 not upgraded.
> 80 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/291kB of archives.
> After unpacking 418kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot
> access 
> parent directories: No such file or directory
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>          LANGUAGE = "en",
>          LC_ALL = (unset),
>          LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
>      are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or
> directory
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot
> access 
> parent directories: No such file or directory
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot
> access 
> parent directories: No such file or directory
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot
> access 
> parent directories: No such file or directory
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot
> access 
> parent directories: No such file or directory
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot
> access 
> parent directories: No such file or directory
> (Reading database ... 168920 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to replace x11-common 7.0.0-0ubuntu45 (using 
> .../x11-common_1%3a7.1.1ubuntu6.2_i386.deb) ...
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>          LANGUAGE = "en",
>          LC_ALL = (unset),
>          LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
>      are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or
> directory
> Unpacking replacement x11-common ...
> dpkg: error processing 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.1ubuntu6.2_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
>   trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package 
> empkernel26
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>          LANGUAGE = "en",
>          LC_ALL = (unset),
>          LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
>      are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or
> directory
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>          LANGUAGE = "en",
>          LC_ALL = (unset),
>          LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
>      are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>          LANGUAGE = "en",
>          LC_ALL = (unset),
>          LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
>      are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.1ubuntu6.2_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> 
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