apt-get remove gives dependency error

zetrotrack000 · 09-30-2013, 06:04 AM

Hi
I am using Linux Mint 15. When I give the following command, it gives error:

Code:

zetro@mymint:~ > sudo apt-get remove --purge openssl shellinabox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 openjdk-7-jre-headless : Depends: openjdk-7-jre-lib (= 7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2) but it is not going to be installed
                          Depends: ca-certificates-java but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

How can I fix it?
Regards

evo2 · 09-30-2013, 06:18 AM

Hi,

I think we need a little more information, so I have two questions:

- Have you done an "apt-get update" recently? (If not, please do so)
- What is the output of "dpkg --audit"?

Evo2.

pan64 · 09-30-2013, 07:12 AM

that looks like not related to that remove command, it was made before (I mean that unmet dependencies) Probably you need to fix it before anything else.

zetrotrack000 · 09-30-2013, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

that looks like not related to that remove command, it was made before (I mean that unmet dependencies) Probably you need to fix it before anything else.

If its broken dependencies, then:
apt-get -f install
and
dpkg --configure -a
should try to fix it, but both of these commands gives no output (as everything is fine).

Pap · 09-30-2013, 11:29 AM

It sounds like a conflict issue. Do you have an old version of the icedtea or icedtea-netx java virtual machine installed? (version 1.1.0 or earlier). That would prevent openjdk 7 to be installed. First thing you should do is to purge icedtea, if installed, update and upgrade the system, then try again.

zetrotrack000 · 09-30-2013, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

I think we need a little more information, so I have two questions:

- Have you done an "apt-get update" recently? (If not, please do so)
- What is the output of "dpkg --audit"?

Evo2.

Sorry, I missed your post. Yes, use to run 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade' every after 2-3 days.
Moreover, 'dpkg --audit' is not giving any output.

zetrotrack000 · 09-30-2013, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pap

It sounds like a conflict issue. Do you have an old version of the icedtea or icedtea-netx java virtual machine installed? (version 1.1.0 or earlier). That would prevent openjdk 7 to be installed. First thing you should do is to purge icedtea, if installed, update and upgrade the system, then try again.

icedtea-7-plugin was installed, but still i removed it, run 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade', then run the original command (which was giving error), but result is the same error again. Now i have installed the icedtea-7-plugin again.

Pap · 09-30-2013, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zetrotrack000

icedtea-7-plugin was installed, but still i removed it, run 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade', then run the original command (which was giving error), but result is the same error again. Now i have installed the icedtea-7-plugin again.

It gets more complicated then... Did you tried to run aptitude and check the "Conflicts" section for the packages that refuse to be installed?

evo2 · 09-30-2013, 07:30 PM

Hi,

this is a little strange. I wonder why it is trying to install openjdk-7-jre-headless. If this is a package that you really want, perhaps the output of the following will help us understand the problem:

Code:

dpkg -l '*openjdk*'

If you don't need it then you may be able to fix this by removing the package. Eg

Code:

sudo dpkg --purge openjdk-7-jre-headless

or perhaps

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge openjdk-7-jre-headless

Evo2.