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Errors while upgrading Hoary to Breezy

I have Kubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog installed on my computer.

I have edited the /etc/apt/sources.list and replaced hoary by breezy.

I haven't installed any application on this one.
I tried to install the Yahoo Messenger for Debian package, but there were some dependency problems.

Now, when I do a

Code:

apt-get dist-upgrade

I get the following errors:

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>root@copperskull:/home/amit # apt-get dist-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:

  ymessenger: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2 (>= 0.13.0) but it is not installable

              Depends: libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0) but it is not installable

              Depends: libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.0) but it is not installable

              Depends: libssl0.9.6 but it is not installable

E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

Moreover, when I do a

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apt-get -f dist-upgrade

I get a long list of errors. I have only quoted an excerpt to let you know what all the errors look like.

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Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-security_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

W: Couldn't stat source package li

root@copperskull:/home/amit # st http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

Extracting templates from packages: 83%W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-security_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

And it goes on and on for sometime...until it is all done.

Did you try doing this command?

<b>`apt-get -f install' </b>

I haven't tried that.

But I am not sure that apt-get force install will work.

Okay! I will try that and let you know. :)

Mmmh, I didn't have such a nightmare (I guess you finally would backup /etc, /home and /usr/local and would put in an installation CD of Breezy...) but I had keyboard troubles.

I meant I wasn't able to use the arrow keys. I guess this was due to Hoary to use fr_FR@euro locale, while Breezy uses fr_FR@UTF-8. Even though I tried to configure.

Before dist-upgrading, I also ensure that ubuntu-base, ubuntu-desktop were reinstalled.

I don't understand why you have dependances issues if you don't use extra repositories...

Try to deinstall the Yahoo messenger package before you dist-upgrade. This package, since it's a Debian and not Ubuntu one, can be the cause of your trouble.

[edit]
By the way, I have this line in my sources.list among others :

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deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted universe

Quote:

Originally posted by duffmckagan
But I am not sure that apt-get force install will work.

it's not "force" it's "fix"

make sure you replace all occorances of hory with breezy and comment out/update any 3rd party sources you have added. Then run "apt-get update", if you still get the package stat errors examine the output of apt-get update and see what'sfailing, maybe a mirror you have listed is down.

synaptic is also a very handy tool, it will easily let you see what packages you have that are obsoleted or aren't provided by your current source list. anything you manualy install may have to be uninstaled before the upgrade for it go smoothly.

I thought that the -f was for forcing an installation without bothering for dependencies.

Ok. Whatever, I will try that and report back.

Ok. I deinstalled the package ymessenger.

Then did a dist-upgrade.
The upgrade went very smoothly without any problem.