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#1
LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 8
Rep:
this afternoon i just want to update the debian,but failed
this afternoon i just want to update the debian,but failed
#2
Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,686
Rep:
First, the Chinese characters are unreadable for us, so we have no idea what the message says. From what I can read, it seems you've used the force option. Why? It shouldn't be neccesarry for updating your system. Also, you use apt-get, where the Debian dev's recommend using aptitude for it's better handling of dependencies. Apparently it trips over something perl related. Do you have the Perl packages installed?
#3
Member
Registered: May 2007
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 754
Rep:
First, why are you starting the upgrade with the
-f flag? This suggests that you already have some problem with broken dependencies. If so, can you let us know what that is, please? Second, did you run
apt-get update before you tried to upgrade? You always need to upgrade your package lists before you upgrade.
The main culprit seems to be Perl. My guess is that the system wants perl5.10.0, which is the new default in Lenny, but you still have perl5.8.8. Try running
perl -v to see what version you have. Perl doesn't seem to be included in the update list, but I'm not sure why - it may need a dist-upgrade if it requires additional packages. However, then you should get a warning and apt-get should not try to upgrade the packages that depend on a newer perl. The -f flag may be messing things up here.
For an upgrade this large, you may really need to run
apt-get dist-upgrade , which will drag in new dependencies as well as upgrading packages already installed. To see the differences in what would be installed, you can do a test run this way:
Code:
apt-get update
apt-get --dry-run dist-upgrade
This won't actually do the upgrade, but it will show you what it would do. If the output seems sane, you can run the command again without
--dry-run .
#4
LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 8
Original Poster
Rep:
for Dutch Master:
Last edited by walxdwa; 06-07-2008 at 07:17 AM .
#5
LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 8
Original Poster
Rep:
may i reinstall the perl or remove it and install it?
#6
Member
Registered: May 2007
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 754
Rep:
Ok, well as Dutchmaster says, we can't read quite a lot of that output. I'm not entirely sure what state your system is in, because I can't read most of output. But it seems to say that you have broken dependencies, and to try to fix them with apt-get -f blah blah. Is that right? What happens if you try aptitude update && aptitude -s dist-upgrade ? I'm just checking if aptitude would do any better. It probably won't in this case.dpkg -i .
#7
Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,686
Rep:
Try
Code:
aptitude --keep-all && aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade
as one command. If this one fails, start aptitude interactively. Then search for the Perl packages and see if anyone is broken or locked to a specific version. In case of the latter, unlock it and upgrade again. In case of the former, let aptitude find a solution, check if multiple solutions are given which is best and accept that.
If all this fails, you'd have to consider purging a lot of packages to get back to a bare-bones system and start from that again...
#8
Member
Registered: May 2007
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 754
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Dutch Master
Try
Code:
aptitude --keep-all && aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade
as one command.
I think that's
Code:
aptitude keep-all && aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade
"keep-all" is a command not an option, so no -- needed. That said,
keep-all is a very good idea, and it will save the OP from a lot of potential trouble.
Last edited by Telemachos; 06-07-2008 at 08:29 AM .
#9
Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,686
Rep:
Whoops, you're right...
#10
LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 8
Original Poster
Rep:
seem to be the locate problem~~
#11
LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 8
Original Poster
Rep:
when i start to upgrade perl,
#12
Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,686
Rep:
Your problem seems to be narrowed down to /usr/bin/defoma-app which is found in the defoma package. How about removing that package and try again?
Last edited by Dutch Master; 06-07-2008 at 10:50 AM .
#13
LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 8
Original Poster
Rep:
i tried ;
#14
Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,686
Rep:
I'm afraid you messed up so much only a re-installation would be viable.
#15
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2008
Posts: 3
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Dutch Master
I'm afraid you messed up so much only a re-installation would be viable.
I have the same problem as the original poster. I installed an XFCE desktop via debian 4.0r3 install cd, and then did a dist-upgrade from etch to lenny.
The problem appears to be a mess of unmet dependencies, namely defoma dependent on perl 5.8.8...
I'm going to keep working on it and I'll post any solution I find.
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