e2fsprogs blocking apt-get
I have been having problems apt-get installing programs lately, and everytime I run into this:
E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option. E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs I have tried apt-get update, upgrade, and install e2fsprogs and I still can't get past this. Can anybody tell me how to "activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option"? Or if there is another way around? BTW Has anyone tried 3ddesktop? This is something I've been trying to get.. Looks cool |
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I was having the same problem trying to install various packages (samba and cvs). This issue is posted on the Debian Bug Report logs here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=325834
The last couple of items in the bug log seems to indicate that the issues with e2fsprogs seems to be related to which versions of certain packages are installed. From the log: Quote:
So I decided to try that myself and started upgrading files to their current stable versions one by one and seeing what happens. The command Code:
apt-get -t stable install package I upgraded sysvinit, initscripts, and e2fsprogs this way (I didn't have quota, dump, and libc6 was already at the testing version). I did them one by one and tried to install what I was originally trying to install after each install. The install worked after e2fsprogs was updated to stable. I've installed another item that was erroring out with the e2fsprogs conflicts message earlier so I'm hopeful that updating the e2fsprogs package was what did the trick. Hope this helps. |
Don't know how safe this method is, but I did a "apt-get remove e2fsprogs" which removed sysvinit and initscripts also. Then did a "apt-get install e2fsprogs sysvinit initscripts". Rebooted and everything is still running good, also was able to apt-get upgrade without the error messages.
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Hi,
Im having the same problem with e2fsprogs, with exactly the same error message. Now i did a Code:
apt-get -o APT::Force-LoopBreak=yes install e2fsprogs Code:
Setting up lsb-base (3.0-11) ... Code:
root@schild ~ # apt-get install e2fsprogs Ok, can someone PLEASE tell me what i could try. I don't wanna break that system (or did it already?) |
e2fsprogs
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simply tells you that it hasn't been installed somehow.. or you might have a heavily mixed package versions from stable / testing / sid. have you tried to use --reinstall options added as well ? |
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# apt-get install --reinstall e2fsprogs |
complete command line.
I meant complete command line..
use the -o , and the --reinstall but maybe u might want to do apt-get update first. If I were you , I comment testing & sid first, apt-get update. if it's not working, comment stable + sid, apt-get update. well you gotta move somewhere instead having an apt-get-less debian machine :D |
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UPDATE I just run in to the same problem as you are when i update one of our gateways :D here's what I did : When I did apt-get, all those packages are already stored in Code:
/var/cache/apt/archives/ Code:
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/; Code:
apt-get -o APT::Force-Loopbreak=yes install e2fsprogs |
I get this exact same problem during install from net-inst.iso
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hi Nicknack! Code:
# apt-get --force-all -i sysv-rc* sysvinit* im getting "E: Command line option --force-all is not understood". |
dpkg !
silly me...
sorry for that .. :D i meant dpkg --force-all :D |
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dpkg --force-all -i sysv-rc* sysvinit* But then i do Code:
apt-get -o APT::Force-Loopbreak=yes install e2fsprogs Code:
# apt-get -o APT::Force-Loopbreak=yes install e2fsprogs |
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