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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport romeo
deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport romeo
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
I would click okay but mint update would just close and when I opened it, it would just show my list of updates. If I tried to update again I would get the same error.
I tried using aptitude, which looked like it would work, but in the end I got an error about foomatic being held back.
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sudo aptitude full-upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
cpp-4.5{a} freepats{a} gcc-4.5{a} gcc-4.5-base{a} gcj-4.6-base{a}
gcj-4.6-jre-lib{a} gir1.2-json-1.0{ab} gir1.2-peas-1.0{a}
gnome-desktop3-data{a} libelfg0{a} libevince3{a} libgail-3-0{a}
libgcj-bc{a} libgcj-common{a} libgcj12{a} libgdata1.8-cil{a}
libglew1.6{a} libgnome-desktop-3-0{a} libgtk-3-bin{a} libjaxp1.3-java{a}
libjaxp1.3-java-gcj{a} liblockfile-bin{a} libmhash2{a}
libmission-control-plugins0{a} libmount1{a} libmtp-runtime{a} libmtp9{a}
libnotify4{a} libpeas-1.0-0{a} libpeas-common{a} libpoppler-glib6{a}
libpoppler13{a} libseed-gtk3-0{a} libsigsegv2{a}
libtracker-client-0.10-0{a} libtracker-sparql-0.10-0{a} libunistring0{a}
libwebkitgtk-3.0-0{a} libwebkitgtk-3.0-common{a} libwildmidi-config{a}
libxalan2-java{a} libxalan2-java-gcj{a} libxerces2-java{a}
libxerces2-java-gcj{a} linux-headers-3.0.0-1-amd64{a}
linux-headers-3.0.0-1-common{a} linux-headers-amd64{a}
linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64{a} linux-image-amd64{a} linux-kbuild-3.0.0{a}
poppler-data{a} zenity-common{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
acpid alsa-utils apt apt-file apt-utils aspell aspell-en banshee
base-files base-passwd bc binfmt-support bluez brasero brasero-common
bsdutils busybox cpp-4.4 cpufrequtils cron cups cups-client cups-common
cups-driver-gutenprint cups-ppdc curl dbus dbus-x11 dc
debian-system-adjustments dkms dmsetup eog evince evince-common fakeroot
firefox firefox-l10n-en-us firmware-atheros firmware-bnx2 firmware-bnx2x
firmware-intelwimax firmware-ipw2x00 firmware-ivtv firmware-iwlwifi
firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-qlogic firmware-ralink
firmware-realtek foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine{b} foomatic-filters
fortunes-husse fuse fuse-utils g++-4.4 gawk gcc-4.4 gcc-4.4-base
gconf-editor gecko-mediaplayer genisoimage gettext-base gimp
gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gnome-applets
gnome-applets-data gnome-bluetooth gnome-disk-utility gnome-icon-theme
gnome-mplayer gnome-nettool gnome-power-manager gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-user-share grep grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly{b} gzip hal hwdata initscripts iptables
iso-codes jfsutils kbd klibc-utils libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
libapache2-mod-dnssd libarchive1 libart2.0-cil libasound2
libasound2-plugins libaspell15 libasyncns0 libaudio2 libaudit0
libavcodec53 libavutil51 libblas3gf libblkid1 libbluetooth3
libbrasero-media0 libbs2b0 libburn4 libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev
libcap2 libcap2-bin libclutter-1.0-0 libcpufreq0 libcups2 libcupscgi1
libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2 libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libcurl3
libcurl3-gnutls libdbus-1-3 libdevmapper1.02.1 libedit2 libenchant1c2a
libencode-locale-perl libevolution libfaad2 libflac8 libfreetype6
libfuse2 libgconf2.0-cil libgcrypt11 libgdiplus libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
libgdu-gtk0 libgdu0 libgimp2.0 libgl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dri
libgl1-mesa-glx libglade2.0-cil libglib-perl libglib2.0-cil libglu1-mesa
libgnome-bluetooth7 libgnome-vfs2.0-cil libgnome2.24-cil
libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomepanel2.24-cil
libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnutls26 libgstfarsight0.10-0
libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-common libgtk2.0-cil libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgudev-1.0-0
libgutenprint2 libhal-storage1 libhal1 libhtml-format-perl
libhtml-template-perl libidn11 libieee1284-3 libijs-0.35 libisofs6
libjasper1 libjpeg62 libjs-jquery libjson-glib-1.0-0 libkarma0 libklibc
libkpathsea5 liblapack3gf liblcms1 libldap-2.4-2 liblist-moreutils-perl
liblocale-gettext-perl liblockfile1 libltdl7 liblua5.1-0 liblvm2app2.2
liblzma2 liblzo2-2 libmng1 libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil
libmono-addins0.2-cil libmp3lame0 libmpfr4 libmtp-common libnotify-bin
libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d liboobs-1-4 libparted0debian1 libpci3 libpcre3
libpcsclite1 libperl5.12 libplist1 libpng12-0 libpolkit-agent-1-0
libpolkit-backend-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libpolkit-gtk-1-0
libportaudio2 libpostproc51 libpulse-browse0 libpulse-mainloop-glib0
libpulse0 libpurple-bin libpurple0 libpython2.6 libraptor2-0 librasqal3
librecode0 libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core
libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw
libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-filter-mobiledev libreoffice-gnome
libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-java-common
libreoffice-math libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-style-galaxy
libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer librtmp0 libruby1.8
libsamplerate0 libsane libsane-common libsgutils2-2 libsmbclient
libsndfile1 libsoundtouch0 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup2.4-1 libsqlite0
libssh2-1 libstdc++6-4.4-dev libswscale2 libtalloc2 libtasn1-3 libtdb1
libtelepathy-glib0 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libudev0
liburi-perl libusb-0.1-4 libusb-1.0-0 libuuid1 libv4l-0 libvlc5
libvlccore4 libvpx0 libwbclient0 libwildmidi1 libwmf0.2-7 libx11-6
libx11-data libx11-dev libx11-xcb1 libx264-116 libxapian22 libxfont1
libxklavier16 libxml2 libxml2-utils libxslt1.1 libxss1 libxtst6 libxv1
libxvidcore4 libyajl1 linux-headers-2.6-amd64 linux-image-2.6-amd64
linux-libc-dev locales m4 man-db manpages manpages-dev mesa-common-dev
mesa-utils mint-meta-codecs{b} mintbackup mintmenu mintwelcome
mobile-broadband-provider-info modemmanager mount mplayer
multiarch-support nautilus-share net-tools network-manager-gnome
notification-daemon ntfs-3g{b} ntp openssh-client p7zip p7zip-full
pciutils perl perl-base perl-modules pidgin pidgin-data policykit-1
policykit-1-gnome poppler-utils procps pulseaudio
pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-x11
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf pulseaudio-utils python python-bugbuddy
python-chardet python-dbus python-debian python-evolution
python-gnomeapplet python-gnomedesktop python-gnomekeyring python-gobject
python-gtkspell python-libxml2 python-mako python-markupsafe
python-minimal python-notify python-openssl python-parted python-uno
python-wnck python-xapian python2.6 python2.6-minimal python2.7
python2.7-minimal rsyslog ruby1.8 samba samba-common samba-common-bin
sane-utils simple-scan system-tools-backends sysv-rc sysvinit
sysvinit-utils telepathy-gabble telepathy-mission-control-5 thunderbird
thunderbird-l10n-en-us totem totem-common totem-mozilla totem-plugins
transmission-common transmission-gtk ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core
ttf-dejavu-extra ttf-opensymbol udev ufraw-batch ufw uno-libs3
update-inetd ure usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data usbutils util-linux
uuid-runtime vim-common vim-tiny vino vlc vlc-data vlc-nox
vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse w3m wget wvdial x11-common
xdg-user-dirs xinit xnest xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all xsltproc xz-utils zenity
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
cdrdao citadel-mta courier-mta dma esmtp-run exim4 exim4-daemon-heavy
exim4-daemon-light libclass-isa-perl libclutter-1.0-common
libpod-plainer-perl libreoffice-filter-binfilter libswitch-perl masqmail
msmtp-mta nullmailer openssh-blacklist openssh-blacklist-extra postfix
python-gobject-cairo sendmail-bin smbclient ssmtp tdb-tools
totem-coherence ttf-liberation ttf-mscorefonts-installer xmail
422 packages upgraded, 52 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 589 MB of archives. After unpacking 383 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
foomatic-db-engine: Breaks: cups (< 1.5.0-3~) but 1.4.8-2 is to be installed.
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly: Conflicts: gstreamer0.10-lame but 0.10.18-0.1 is installed.
gir1.2-json-1.0: Conflicts: gir1.2-json-glib-1.0 but 0.12.0-3 is installed.
mint-meta-codecs: Conflicts: gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad but 0.10.22-0.2 is to be installed.
ntfs-3g: Conflicts: libntfs-3g75 but 1:2010.3.6-1 is installed.
Conflicts: libntfs-3g804 but 1:2011.1.15AR.4+2011.4.12-2 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) foomatic-db-engine
2) foomatic-filters-ppds
3) gir1.2-json-glib-1.0
4) gstreamer0.10-lame
5) gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad
6) ntfs-3g
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
7) foomatic-db recommends foomatic-db-engine
8) foomatic-filters recommends foomatic-db-engine (>= 4.0)
9) udisks recommends ntfs-3g
10) udisks recommends ntfsprogs
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
yeahh one of the issues with UP's is that: you get a bunch of updates at once and all the issues at the same time, let's see if i can explain this (it's not easy because some goes as far as last july/august and my memory 
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