Problems Upgrading Ubuntu from 7.10 to 8.04 LTS

Thu May 1 14:36:40 UTC 2008

On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 10:00:27AM -0400, Stephen wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> >Running out of disk space during an upgrade can cause some serious
> >problems.  Removing some stuff (not stuff belonging to packages of
> >course) and then running 'dpkg --configure -a' and 'apt-get -f install'
> >can usually recover from it and let you go back to doing the upgrade.
> >  
> I think I have  very sick situation. Results of the two commands:
> 
> root at PWP:~# dpkg --configure -a
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of synaptic:
> synaptic depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6; however:
>  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6 is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing synaptic (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of jockey-gtk:
> jockey-gtk depends on synaptic; however:
>  Package synaptic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing jockey-gtk (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of aptitude:
> aptitude depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6; however:
>  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6 is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing aptitude (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
> ubuntu-desktop depends on synaptic; however:
>  Package synaptic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-apt:
> python-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6; however:
>  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6 is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing python-apt (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apt-utils:
> apt-utils depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6; however:
>  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6 is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing apt-utils (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager:
> update-manager depends on synaptic (>= 0.57.8); however:
>  Package synaptic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
> ubuntu-minimal depends on apt-utils; however:
>  Package apt-utils is not configured yet.
> ubuntu-minimal depends on aptitude; however:
>  Package aptitude is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of software-properties-gtk:
> software-properties-gtk depends on synaptic (>= 0.57.8); however:
>  Package synaptic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing software-properties-gtk (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apturl:
> apturl depends on python-apt; however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> apturl depends on synaptic; however:
>  Package synaptic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing apturl (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector:
> language-selector depends on python-apt (>= 0.6.12); however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> language-selector depends on synaptic; however:
>  Package synaptic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing language-selector (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of 
> python-software-properties:
> python-software-properties depends on python-apt (>= 0.6.20ubuntu16); 
> however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing python-software-properties (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-app-install:
> gnome-app-install depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.4ubuntu4); however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> gnome-app-install depends on synaptic (>= 0.57.8); however:
>  Package synaptic is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing gnome-app-install (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-apport:
> python-apport depends on python-apt; however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing python-apport (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gdebi-core:
> gdebi-core depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.0); however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing gdebi-core (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager-core:
> update-manager-core depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.4ubuntu5); however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing update-manager-core (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier:
> update-notifier depends on python-apt (>= 0.6.12); however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> update-notifier depends on update-manager; however:
>  Package update-manager is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing update-notifier (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unattended-upgrades:
> unattended-upgrades depends on apt-utils; however:
>  Package apt-utils is not configured yet.
> unattended-upgrades depends on python-apt (>= 0.6.14ubuntu2); however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing unattended-upgrades (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of command-not-found:
> command-not-found depends on python-apt; however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing command-not-found (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gdebi:
> gdebi depends on gdebi-core (= 0.3.8); however:
>  Package gdebi-core is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing gdebi (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-launchpad-bugs:
> python-launchpad-bugs depends on python-apt; however:
>  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing python-launchpad-bugs (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport:
> apport depends on python-apport (>= 0.43); however:
>  Package python-apport is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing apport (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubufox:
> ubufox depends on apturl (>= 0.1.2ubuntu1); however:
>  Package apturl is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing ubufox (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-gtk:
> apport-gtk depends on apport (>= 0.41); however:
>  Package apport is not configured yet.
> apport-gtk depends on python-apport (>= 0.80); however:
>  Package python-apport is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing apport-gtk (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> synaptic
> jockey-gtk
> aptitude
> ubuntu-desktop
> python-apt
> apt-utils
> update-manager
> ubuntu-minimal
> software-properties-gtk
> apturl
> language-selector
> python-software-properties
> gnome-app-install
> python-apport
> gdebi-core
> update-manager-core
> update-notifier
> unattended-upgrades
> command-not-found
> gdebi
> python-launchpad-bugs
> apport
> ubufox
> apport-gtk
> 
> root at PWP:~# 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:
>  libwvstreams4.3-extras libgtkhtml3.8-15 libmtp6 libneon26 python-at-spi
>  libsnmp10 libicu36 libgfortran2 libglew1.4 refblas3 libcamel1.2-10 
> libgpod2
>  lapack3 gcc-3.4-base gcc-4.1 libsvg1 libpcrecpp0
>  linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic gutsy-wallpapers libgtkhtml2.0-cil
>  libdirectfb-0.9-25 python-numarray libgsl0 libwvstreams4.3-base libblas3gf
>  liblapack3gf liboobs-1-3 libdb4.2 libdb4.5 linux-headers-2.6.22-14
>  libtotem-plparser7 libuniconf4.3 libg2c0 libnss3-0d feisty-gdm-themes
>  libntfs-3g12 librsvg2.0-cil
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>  apt
> Suggested packages:
>  apt-doc dpkg-dev
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>  apt
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 24 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/1650kB of archives.
> After unpacking 774kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
> apt-extracttemplates: error while loading shared libraries: 
> libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such 
> file or directory
> debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
> (Reading database ... 154548 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace apt 0.7.6ubuntu14.1 (using 
> .../apt_0.7.9ubuntu17_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement apt ...
> dpkg-deb (subprocess): error in buffer_read(stream): failed to write to 
> pipe in copy: Input/output error
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: error processing 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/apt_0.7.9ubuntu17_i386.deb (--unpack):
> short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during 
> `./usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo')
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/apt_0.7.9ubuntu17_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

How much free space do you have?  Specifically in /var, / and wherever
you keep /usr.

You could try installing the apt package manually by doing:

dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*apt*deb

But make sure you have a good amount of free space first.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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