linux mint dist upgrade (12 to 13) problem

[lalilu]

hi and thx for reading!

following problem occured after i did a dist upgrade:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Die folgenden Pakete werden aktualisiert (Upgrade):
linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic mint-search-addon
2 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
1 nicht vollständig installiert oder entfernt.
Es müssen noch 0 B von 37,7 MB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Nach dieser Operation werden 19,5 kB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Möchten Sie fortfahren [J/n]? J
(Lese Datenbank ... 282847 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Ersetzen von mint-search-addon 2011.08.15 (durch .../mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb) ...
Ersatz für mint-search-addon wird entpackt ...
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb (--unpack):
»/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/mint-search-enhancer@linuxmint.com/install.rdf.dpkg-new« kann nicht geöffnet werden: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Es wurde kein Apport-Bericht verfasst, da das Limit MaxReports bereits erreicht ist
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
/var/cache/apt/archives/mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

sudo apt-get -f install does not fix the problem.

thanks for any help!

[Guardian2003]

Just wanted to let you know you are not alone, I too have this problem - upgrading from 12 to 13 using apt.
I have updated the sources.list to reflect the new packages, done the usual;

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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

and even tried -f install but the same error persists.

Originally I had errors regarding "lisa" not being a valid default value and found changing lisa for maya in /etc/apt/sources.list.save fixed that particular error.

I also noticed an error regarding the new kernel not being saved but I'll have to investigate that some more tommorow and post any error reports/logs.

[psylem]

Had the same trouble as you. Looks like it's expecting a Firefox extension that's missing...

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  sessioninstaller
The following packages will be upgraded:
  mint-search-addon
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
247 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/16.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 18.4 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 251075 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mint-search-addon 2011.08.15 (using .../mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mint-search-addon ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open '/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/mint-search-enhancer@linuxmint.com/install.rdf.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on the local system
                                                                                         Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


To fix this I did "apt-get remove mint-search-addon" which also wanted to remove mint-meta-core, which I permitted. Then did "apt-get install mint-meta-core", which also reinstalled mint-search-addon.

[lalilu]

thanks alot! i will try your solution tomorrow! hope it helps!

[jmcarter17]

I have a similar problem.

This is what the output of apt-get dist-upgrade gives me.

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You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 insserv : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) but 2.13-20ubuntu5.1 is installed
 libc6 : Depends: libc-bin (= 2.13-20ubuntu5.1)
 libc6:i386 : Depends: libc-bin:i386 (= 2.13-20ubuntu5.1)
 libnewt0.52 : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.13-20ubuntu5.1 is installed
 whiptail : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) but 2.13-20ubuntu5.1 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

The apt-get -f install didn't help.
I tried the "apt-get remove mint-search-addon" (i didn't think that was my issue anyways) without success.

Thanks for the help in advance.

[lalilu]

your problem seems be related with your sources.list.....

anyhow ... you can get all needed packages from the ubuntu packages:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libc6

download and install them with : sudo dpkg -i *.deb

my problem is fixed ....

thanks alot ...

but unfortunalty there is another problem now with the package:

linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic

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sudo apt-get install -f
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut       
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 2 nicht aktualisiert.
1 nicht vollständig installiert oder entfernt.
Nach dieser Operation werden 0 B Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic (3.2.0-24.38) wird eingerichtet ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(3.2.0-24.37 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(3.2.0-24.37 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.2.0-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-generic
Warning: No support for locale: de_AT.utf8
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.2.0-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.2.0-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic
Generating grub.cfg ...
/etc/grub.d/10_linux: 24: .: Can't open /usr/share/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic (--configure):
 Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
Es wurde kein Apport-Bericht verfasst, da das Limit MaxReports bereits erreicht ist
   Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
clemens@clemens-ThinkPad-R61 ~ $


any help would be really nice ! thanks

edit :

this seems to help :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1006772

if i get into more "troubles" i will post a message thx !

[psylem]

I have a similar problem.

This is what the output of apt-get dist-upgrade gives me.

I posted my experiences with the upgrade on this page... http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/62

I had the same problem, I think you'll find if you run...

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# dpkg --clear-avail
# dpkg --configure -a

Then open synaptic, find two broken libc packages and update them, then once they are upgraded synaptic does a good job of cleaning up any other broken packages.

[tjanssen]

Hi,

After upgrading, I resolved the issue

unable to open '/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/mint-search-enhancer@linuxmint.com/install.rdf.dpkg-new'

in Synaptic by removing packages "mint-meta-core" and "mint-search-addon",
then installing them again.

[webass]

I had this problem with LMDE and using snypatic to uninstall mint-search-addon required to uninstall mint-meta-common ( I think).
Anyway, uninstalling it and then re-installing them both packages helped out of the situation.
Then after upgrad over console everything was fine and "dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb (--unpack):" vanished again... everything fine now.

[theophrastus]

I had this problem with LMDE and using snypatic to uninstall mint-search-addon required to uninstall mint-meta-common ( I think).
Anyway, uninstalling it and then re-installing them both packages helped out of the situation.
Then after upgrad over console everything was fine and "dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb (--unpack):" vanished again... everything fine now.

"me too"/confirmed. doing a dist-upgrade today and saw:

Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/mint-search-addon_2012.05.11_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

performed: dpkg -r mint-search-addon; apt-get install mint-search-addon ...and all is (apparently) ticketyboo

[ptruchon]

Same with LMDE. For me, what worked was:

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sudo aptitude remove mint-search-addon mint-meta-common
sudo aptitude install mint-search-addon mint-meta-common


[guyr]

I followed the instructions here to upgrade from 12 to 13. I encountered the same issues reported, and the workarounds worked for me. Thanks for posting. However, now that I'm finally done after 2 days of upgrading (!), lsb_release still says I'm running 12:

guyr@mint64:/etc/apt$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 12 Lisa
Release: 12
Codename: lisa

Does anyone else see the same thing, or am I missing a step?

[fpeelo]

However, now that I'm finally done after 2 days of upgrading (!), lsb_release still says I'm running 12

Yes, and I've done the next step (13 to 14) as well, and my system STILL says I'm running 12.

I did get asked during the upgrade about files like /etc/issue, apt-get complained that someone other than the maintainer was after changing it from "ubuntu" to "mint", so I suppose it's a good thing that the system doesn't claim to be Ubuntu

Wonder how much of a problem this is, or is it just an indicator that other things may also not have been upgraded?

By the way, why would you do
apt-get upgrade
after changing the repositories? Surely doing
apt-get dist-upgrade
would do everything that the apt-get upgrade would do, but also handle dependencies that were broken by the distribution repackaging? If apt-get upgrade was to be used, surely it would to bring the system to the latest version of the old system, before changing the repositories?

Frank