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#1
Member
Registered: Apr 2009
Posts: 31
Rep:
i updated a package now nothing works
i updated debhelper on debian and it updated a load of files now nothing works synaptic manager doesnt run apt-get doesnt work just lists a whole load of unmet dependencies for everything it all seems to stem back to libapt-pkg-libc thats mentioned in a lot if not all of the dependencies when trying to do apt-get install
#2
Member
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: NRW, Germany
Distribution: Arch Linux, using KDE/Plasma
Posts: 392
Rep:
did you try the "apt-get -f install" command?
#3
Member
Registered: Apr 2009
Posts: 31
Original Poster
Rep:
yes this is the result
Code:
debian:/home/richard# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Correcting dependencies...Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
apt cups dpkg dpkg-dev gedit-common gtk2-engines libblas3gf libcairo-perl
libcamel1.2-14 libcolamd-3.2.0 libcurl3-gnutls libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7
libedataserver1.2-11 libenchant1c2a libffi5 libgail-common libgail18
libgfortran3 libglade2-0 libgnome-desktop-2-7 libgnome2-canvas-perl
libgnome2-perl libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data
libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgtk2-perl libgtk2.0-0
libgtkhtml2-0 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common
libhunspell-1.2-0 libhyphen0 liblapack3gf liblocale-gettext-perl libmalaga7
libnautilus-burn4 libneon27 libnss3-1d libpanel-applet2-0 libpango-perl
libpq5 libraptor1 librasqal1 librdf0 libsemanage1 libsoup2.4-1
libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtimedate-perl
libtotem-plparser12 libustr-1.0-1 libvoikko1 libvte9 libwnck22 libwpg-0.1-1
libwps-0.1-1 lp-solve openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc
openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw
openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-impress
openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-style-tango
openoffice.org-writer perl perl-base python python-apt python-bugbuddy
python-evolution python-gconf python-gnomeapplet python-gnomedesktop
python-gnomekeyring python-gnomeprint python-gobject python-gtkhtml2
python-gtksourceview python-gtksourceview2 python-gtop python-mediaprofiles
python-minimal python-nautilusburn python-numpy python-selinux
python-semanage python-totem-plparser python-wnck uno-libs3 ure
Suggested packages:
apt-doc cups-driver-gutenprint xpdf-korean xpdf-japanese
xpdf-chinese-traditional xpdf-chinese-simplified cups-pdf debian-keyring
libgtk2-perl-doc gvfs voikko-fi openoffice.org-base
openoffice.org-style-industrial openoffice.org-style-hicontrast
openoffice.org-evolution tango-icon-theme openoffice.org-gcj
libterm-readline-gnu-perl libterm-readline-perl-perl python-doc python-tk
python-profiler python-apt-dbg python-gnome2-doc python-gobject-dbg
libgtksourceview2.0-dev python-numpy-doc python-numpy-dbg python-nose
java2-runtime cli-uno-bridge
Recommended packages:
avahi-utils build-essential gnome-mount raptor-utils redland-utils
openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-filter-binfilter default-jre
java-gcj-compat openjdk-6-jre sun-java5-jre sun-java6-jre
openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-writer2latex
openoffice.org-emailmerge
The following packages will be REMOVED
metacity python-gnome2-desktop
The following NEW packages will be installed
cups libblas3gf libcamel1.2-14 libcolamd-3.2.0 libcurl3-gnutls libebook1.2-9
libecal1.2-7 libedataserver1.2-11 libffi5 libgail18 libgfortran3
libgnome-desktop-2-7 libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common
libhunspell-1.2-0 libhyphen0 liblapack3gf libmalaga7 libnautilus-burn4
libneon27 libnss3-1d libpango-perl libpq5 libraptor1 librasqal1 librdf0
libsoup2.4-1 libtimedate-perl libtotem-plparser12 libustr-1.0-1 libvoikko1
libvte9 libwnck22 libwpg-0.1-1 libwps-0.1-1 lp-solve
openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-style-galaxy
openoffice.org-style-tango python-bugbuddy python-evolution python-gconf
python-gnomeapplet python-gnomedesktop python-gnomekeyring python-gnomeprint
python-gobject python-gtkhtml2 python-gtksourceview python-gtksourceview2
python-gtop python-mediaprofiles python-nautilusburn python-numpy
python-totem-plparser python-wnck uno-libs3 ure
The following packages will be upgraded:
apt dpkg dpkg-dev gedit-common gtk2-engines libcairo-perl libenchant1c2a
libgail-common libglade2-0 libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-perl
libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data
libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgtk2-perl libgtk2.0-0
libgtkhtml2-0 liblocale-gettext-perl libpanel-applet2-0 libsemanage1
libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl openoffice.org-calc
openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw
openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-impress
openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-writer perl perl-base python python-apt
python-minimal python-selinux python-semanage
40 upgraded, 58 newly installed, 2 to remove and 259 not upgraded.
109 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 1815kB/134MB of archives.
After unpacking 95.0MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get: 1 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.3-3 [75.2kB]
Get: 2 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.18.6-1 [292kB]
Get: 3 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main libgnomeprint2.2-data 2.18.6-1 [173kB]Get: 4 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main libgnomeprintui2.2-0 2.18.4-1 [172kB]
Get: 5 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main libgnomeprintui2.2-common 2.18.4-1 [262kB]
Get: 6 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main libtotem-plparser12 2.26.0-1 [332kB]
Get: 7 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-evolution 2.24.1-1+b2 [55.6kB]
Get: 8 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-gnomeapplet 2.24.1-1+b2 [32.3kB]
Get: 9 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-gnomedesktop 2.24.1-1+b2 [33.8kB]
Get: 10 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-gnomekeyring 2.24.1-1+b2 [39.7kB]
Get: 11 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-gnomeprint 2.24.1-1+b2 [98.5kB]
Get: 12 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-gtksourceview 2.24.1-1+b2 [78.2kB]
Get: 13 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-gtop 2.24.1-1+b2 [34.0kB]
Get: 14 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-mediaprofiles 2.24.1-1+b2 [28.8kB]
Get: 15 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-nautilusburn 2.24.1-1+b2 [35.3kB]
Get: 16 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-totem-plparser 2.24.1-1+b2 [28.7kB]
Get: 17 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main python-wnck 2.24.1-1+b2 [42.5kB]
Fetched 1815kB in 11s (155kB/s)
apt-extracttemplates: error while loading shared libraries: libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
Extracting templates from packages: 30%apt-extracttemplates: error while loading shared libraries: libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
Extracting templates from packages: 61%apt-extracttemplates: error while loading shared libraries: libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
Extracting templates from packages: 91%apt-extracttemplates: error while loading shared libraries: libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
(Reading database ... 85597 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.2-5 (using .../libgnomecups1.0-1_0.2.3-3_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgnomecups1.0-1 ...
Preparing to replace libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.12.1-7 (using .../libgnomeprint2.2-0_2.18.6-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgnomeprint2.2-0 ...
Preparing to replace libgnomeprint2.2-data 2.12.1-7 (using .../libgnomeprint2.2-data_2.18.6-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgnomeprint2.2-data ...
dpkg: regarding .../python-apt_0.7.10.1_amd64.deb containing python-apt:
package uses Breaks; not supported in this dpkg
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-apt_0.7.10.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
unsupported dependency problem - not installing python-apt
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-apt_0.7.10.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
it seems to get further than the rest but then it fails and cant find anything maybe doe to the fact that synaptic or aptitude is not working
#4
Member
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: NRW, Germany
Distribution: Arch Linux, using KDE/Plasma
Posts: 392
Rep:
It seems that there is the file libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6 missing or corupt.
Maybe you should try downloading apt/dpkg manually, extracting the file (e.g. with file-roller) and placing it
yourself.
Here are search links for "dpkg" and "apt":
apt
dpkg
Any luck with this?
#5
Member
Registered: Apr 2009
Posts: 31
Original Poster
Rep:
you cannot download libapt-pkg-libc(version number) because it is a virtual package so im afraid thats a no go there im not sure which packages provide that virtual package so i cant download them not least until i know what they are!!!
#6
Member
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: NRW, Germany
Distribution: Arch Linux, using KDE/Plasma
Posts: 392
Rep:
there is a search funktion on the debian site where you can search for filenames:
link
any luck with this?
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