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Old 03-17-2013, 10:35 AM   #1
LinuxRob18
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can't install new software on my server (ubuntu server)


Hey all,
Was hoping that maybe someone here could help me ?

I am having trouble installing new software onto my server,
To install new software i do:
Code:
sudo apt-get install
after which my server says:
Code:
duality@Server-Duality:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 initramfs-tools : Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (< 0.99ubuntu13.1~) but 0.99ubuntu13.1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
duality@Server-Duality:~$
so i try:
Code:
sudo apt-get -f install
with this as output:
Code:
duality@Server-Duality:~$ sudo 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:
  libqtwebkit4 libqt4-webkit
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  initramfs-tools
The following packages will be upgraded:
  initramfs-tools
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 99 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/49.0 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:
 initramfs-tools depends on initramfs-tools-bin (<< 0.99ubuntu13.1~); however:
  Version of initramfs-tools-bin on system is 0.99ubuntu13.1.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae:
 linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6); however:
  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic-pae:
 linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic-pae depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6); however:
  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic-pae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic-pae:No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already

 linux-image-generic-pae depends on linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae; however:
  Package linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic-pae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-pae:No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already

 linux-generic-pae depends on linux-image-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.34.37); however:
  Package linux-image-generic-pae is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic-pae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
 linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae
 linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic-pae
 linux-image-generic-pae
 linux-generic-pae
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
So I am stuck at this point, and don't know what to do and/or how to fix it!
And I don't know what might be the cause of this.

So I really hope someone can help me
 
Old 03-17-2013, 11:03 AM   #2
guyonearth
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Distribution: Ubuntu
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This is reported as a metadata error and a known bug. Try installing the packages manually out of /var/cache/apt. You could also download them directly:

Code:
curl -O http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools-bin_0.99ubuntu13.1_amd64.deb
curl -O http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.99ubuntu13.1_all.deb
Then do:

Code:
sudo dpkg -i initramfs-tools-bin_0.99ubuntu13.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i initramfs-tools_0.99ubuntu13.1_all.deb
After that run apt-get upgrade.

Last edited by guyonearth; 03-17-2013 at 11:14 AM.
 
  


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