Solution: mintdesktop 3.2.2 upgrade bug

[proxima_centauri]

Via clem,

The mintdesktop upgrade bug is hitting LMDE
The solution is to shut mintdesktop's obsolete prerm script..

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sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade

[clem]

To be more precise:

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apt update
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm
apt install mintdesktop

Note: This is related to the previous version of mintdesktop (as weird as it sounds, this is actually a fix but because we're in the presence of a prerm bug you get hit by the problem after you remove the buggy version) and it's not specific to LMDE.

[tenfoot]

To be more precise:

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apt update
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm
apt install mintdesktop

Note: This is related to the previous version of mintdesktop (as weird as it sounds, this is actually a fix but because we're in the presence of a prerm bug you get hit by the problem after you remove the buggy version) and it's not specific to LMDE.

Thank you Clem. I'll mark my query regarding this as solved.

[sunwatt]

To be more precise:

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apt update
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm
apt install mintdesktop

Note: This is related to the previous version of mintdesktop (as weird as it sounds, this is actually a fix but because we're in the presence of a prerm bug you get hit by the problem after you remove the buggy version) and it's not specific to LMDE.

Thank you Clem. I'll mark my query regarding this as solved.

hmmmm

I ran the code in terminal, Fetched 6,710 B done.

Rebooted, no change, update still wants to update, Im sure its mintdesktop 3.2.1 again.

I rebooted, no change.

I tried to update mintdesktop with synaptic, no change.

What am I doing wrong?

thanks

Jim
mini 9 - 32gb ssd
LMDE

[grey1960envoy]

Thank you this worked for me

[grey1960envoy]

Sunwatt I posted in my terminal : sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade . and after the reboot it worked like a charm

[sunwatt]

Thanks, I got the mintdesktop 3.2.2 fixed.

I marked it solved on another thread I think... sorry.

The same day that happened, the bootup screen changed to Mint 10, my icons changed, and the panel changed colors too. Very strange to see a gray Mint 10 screen on booting up LMDE.

Have not seen anyone else have this issue. It happened on 3 machines here all running LMDE.

Jim

[Edgpaez]

@sunwatt
It's not an issue... LMDE had an update to have all the Mint10 features including theme, icons...

PS: I don't know why but I think I'm spamming

[billril]

My update doesn't do the update and comes up with this error!
"E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mintdesktop_3.2.2_all.deb: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up"
should I delete the file in cache and give it a try?
cheers
Bill

[simplon]

My update doesn't do the update and comes up with this error!
"E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mintdesktop_3.2.2_all.deb: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up"
should I delete the file in cache and give it a try?
cheers
Bill

Hey Bill,

You tried to rm the file already as mentioned in the start of the thread? It should solve it..

[billril]

Hi,
can't figure out how I can do that as it tells me I don't have permission. As I am using Mint Debian which came without a Root account and doesn't allow me to make one, how can I delete that file?
Also why does the error message have E: at the start of the message? Afraid I am more than a little confused, and any help will be appreciated.
BTW I lived in Singapore for some time in the 60s and 70s!
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Edited---
"Because of a problem in mintdesktop 3.2.1, you’ll need to run the following commands to ensure a smooth upgrade:

apt update

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm

apt install mintdesktop

This hiccup with mintdesktop is fixed in the version you’re upgrading to and a reminiscence of the previous version. Please accept our apologies for this little problem."
_________________________________________________
All working OK Now!
cheers
Bill

[scharkalvin]

I had got the script error, and my menu is missing the icons. I tried the fix and now the script error is gone the update seems in sync, but the main menu still has no icons. What's wrong?

[wayne128]

I had got the script error, and my menu is missing the icons. I tried the fix and now the script error is gone the update seems in sync, but the main menu still has no icons. What's wrong?

I had it a while ago,
Read my thread here http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=61752
go into the link and just follow. it works for me

[ddalley]

Sunwatt I posted in my terminal : sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade . and after the reboot it worked like a charm

It took a while, but this seems to have worked for my install, too.

Thanks!

[himpelr]

I tried the solutions mentioned but I get the following result:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
xserver-xorg-video-all
The following packages will be upgraded:
acpid base-files firmware-linux-free linux-base linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common
linux-image-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 linux-libc-dev linux-sound-base mintdesktop udev xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-radeon
21 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/

The /var/cache/apt/archives directory is set to 755 and is owned by root; group root

Any suggestions

[himpelr]

Sorry, I had the update manager still running in another desktop window. It seem to be upgrading fine now.

[runbei]

Via clem,

The mintdesktop upgrade bug is hitting LMDE
The solution is to shut mintdesktop's obsolete prerm script..

Code: Select all

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade

Trying to get LMDE installed correctly - my question: when do I enter this command? Sorry, but the last attempt at an install bombed either (a) because I accepted suggested overwriting of various config files while MintUpdate installed 600+ updates, or (b) because I entered the above code at the wrong time - i.e., before I let MintUpdate bring the system up to date (w/the 600+ changes).

When I rebooted after the updates completed, there was no Mint menu, and various error messages - which I didn't bother to write down, as I'm doing a complete reinstall now in hopes there'll be an answer to this before I run MintUpdate. Help, help!

[o_unico]

Sorry, My english isn't good but this command you show is fix that bug which never show whenever updates are available? That icon at bottom left which looks like a shield... He always show the ticked symbol. I always need to check manually if there is any update.

[874768078]

[quote="clem"]To be more precise:

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apt update
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm
apt install mintdesktop

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade
rm: 无法删除 “/var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm”: 没有那个文件或目录