Broken packages with no obvious solution

[passemger]

Hi guys,
I wanted to install more recent version of Wine (I think it's still beta) which isn't in repository so I added new repository as stated here: http://www.winehq.org/download/deb . I uninstalled previous Wine (1.0.1) and tried to install one from new repository (1.2.x) it complained about some dependency problem (wine1.2) and didnt install anything, after which I installed wine1.2 with not problem but still couldn't install wine (which "depends" on it). I removed everything about the Wine and wanted to update using mintUpdate (icon in notification area). I got the following: "Could not apply changes! Fix broken packages first." At console while trying to install Wine it reported at the end: "E: Broken packages" but that's all, it didn't state what package is making problems. Last what I did (well I was trying advices in many posts I found on google with no success at all) was to try using "Edit -> Fix broken packages" in Synaptic but nothing happened ("Apply" button was still grayed out). I removed repository I added in rep list, reloaded packages list but still I cannot update using "mintUpdate" (it reports the same error which I cannot fix).
It's really frustrating, I returned to Linux after some time but after 4-5 days of using its "broken" at least package system.
Can someone please give me some advice on how to fix this problem or should I reinstall LinuxMint

[mick55]

Run these commands in terminal[Menu-->Terminal]

Run dpkg manually

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then run this to fix the broken install

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apt install -f

Then update your package list

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sudo apt-get update

Then run this to clean up any partial packages

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sudo apt-get autoclean

Then run this to clean up the apt cache

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sudo apt-get clean

Then run this to clean up any unneeded dependencies

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sudo apt-get autoremove

Let me know how it works out
mick

[passemger]

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$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

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$ apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.

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$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US                                                         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg                                                          
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US                                               
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release.gpg                                                                 
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg                                                            
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US                                                 
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Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic Release.gpg                                                                
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/free Translation-en_US                                                     
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Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg                                                                         
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US                                                       
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_US                                          
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Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com helena Release.gpg [198B]                                                       
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release                                                              
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release                                                                        
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release                                                                     
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic Release                                                                    
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/main Translation-en_US                                                     
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/upstream Translation-en_US                        
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release                                                             
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release                                                                          
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages                                                     
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com helena Release [7,251B]                                
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages                                                                  
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages                                                            
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages                                                              
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages                                                            
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Packages                                                            
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages                                                  
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages                          
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages                        
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/free Packages                                    
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages                                                       
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/non-free Packages                                 
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/main Packages                                     
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Packages                                          
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages     
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages                             
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages                           
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/upstream Packages                                 
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/import Packages             
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Packages                    
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/main Packages               
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Packages                    
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/upstream Packages           
Hit http://archive.removed karmic-removed Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/import Packages
Ign http://archive.removed karmic-removed/games Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.removed karmic-removed/apps Translation-en_US
Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/main Packages
Hit http://archive.removed karmic-removed Release                            
Hit http://archive.removed karmic-removed/games Packages                     
Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/upstream Packages
Hit http://archive.removed karmic-removed/apps Packages                      
Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/import Packages                       
Fetched 7,449B in 1s (6,484B/s)                          
Reading package lists... Done

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$ sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done

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$ sudo apt-get clean

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$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.

Sorry for posting everything, but I thought it may be helpful if some repositories are making problems.
After these commands I tried to update packages using "mintUpdate" in notification area and it still reports: "Could not apply changes! Fix broken packages first."

[mick55]

Maybe the logs can tell us something.
Run these commands in terminal[Menu-->Terminal]
and post the logs here

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gksudo gedit /var/log/dpkg.log

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gksudo gedit /var/log/apt/term.log

Since your problem started with wine perhaps we can do a forced remove of it.

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sudo apt-get remove --purge wine

[passemger]

gedit /var/log/dpkg.log
http://paste.ubuntu.com/356951/

gksudo gedit /var/log/apt/term.log
http://paste.ubuntu.com/356953/

Thanks for your effort Mick.

[mick55]

Did you try to remove wine?

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sudo apt-get remove --purge wine

If that doesn't work try this command

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sudo apt-get --reinstall install wine

If that doesn't do it try this

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sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq wine

[passemger]

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$ sudo apt-get remove --purge wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  wine-gecko
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  wine*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
After this operation, 55.8MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 156662 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wine ...
Purging configuration files for wine ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

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$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  wine
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,552kB of archives.
After this operation, 55.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  wine
Authentication warning overridden.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe wine 1.0.1-0ubuntu8 [7,552kB]
Fetched 7,552kB in 10s (746kB/s)                                                                                    
Selecting previously deselected package wine.
(Reading database ... 156042 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking wine (from .../wine_1.0.1-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up wine (1.0.1-0ubuntu8) ...
kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
vm.mmap_min_addr = 0

Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

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$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq wine
(Reading database ... 156662 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wine ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

Everything is the same as it was. Error about broken packages is still being reported.

[passemger]

Anyone please?

[mick55]

I am confused now.

Where are you getting this message about broken packages?
When you ran update from the command line it updated successfully.
Below is the output you posted.

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$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US                                                         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg                                                         
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US                                               
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release.gpg                                                                 
Ign http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Translation-en_US                                                   
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Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_US                                                     
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg                                                           
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Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic Release.gpg                                                               
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/free Translation-en_US                                                     
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/non-free Translation-en_US                                                 
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg                                                                         
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US                                         
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_US                                           
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Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com helena Release.gpg [198B]                                                       
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release                                                             
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release                                                                       
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release                                                                     
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic Release                                                                   
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/main Translation-en_US                                                     
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/upstream Translation-en_US                       
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release                                                             
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release                                                                         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages                                                     
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com helena Release [7,251B]                               
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages                                                                 
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages                                                           
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages                                                             
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages                                                           
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Packages                                                           
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages                                                 
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages                         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages                       
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/free Packages                                   
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages                                                       
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/non-free Packages                                 
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/main Packages                                     
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Packages                                         
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages     
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages                             
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages                           
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/upstream Packages                                 
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/import Packages             
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Packages                   
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/main Packages               
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Packages                   
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/upstream Packages           
Hit http://archive.removed karmic-removed Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/import Packages
Ign http://archive.removed karmic-removed/games Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.removed karmic-removed/apps Translation-en_US
Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/main Packages
Hit http://archive.removed karmic-removed Release                           
Hit http://archive.removed karmic-removed/games Packages                     
Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/upstream Packages
Hit http://archive.removed karmic-removed/apps Packages                     
Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com helena/import Packages                       
Fetched 7,449B in 1s (6,484B/s)                         
Reading package lists... Done

Is there a specific package you are attempting to install that is causing
this error, because as far as I can see you don't have a broken system,
because it is updating and I see no errors in any of the commands you ran.
I must be missing something, so could you please illuminate for me.

thanks
mick

PS
Or are you just having an issue with the Mint update manager GUI?

[passemger]

Well it seems it's fixed now.
Problem was like I said, when I tried to update my system by using "mintUpdate" (Mint update manager GUI), it was stubbornly reporting that there are broken packages. I went to Synaptic to upgrade packages manually that were supposed to be updated with "mintUpdate", I upgraded it and problem is gone, at least for now. Program (package) that was stuck was "Deluge" and it's dependencies.
Still, when I add new repository from WinHQ and try to install Wine it says that wine needs to remove Wine1.2 but then it fails installation because it depends on it, but I guess this contradictory problem is a different kind of problem.
If I hadn't fixed this I would probably forget about LinuxMint for some time, I simply don't have so much time to tackle basic desktop problems like this one (installing/uninstalling programs).
Thanks for all your effort Mick.