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dist-upgrade problem

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"apt-get dist-upgrade" wants to remove a lots of packages. Is this correct? Should I just wait a little bit more to dist-upgrade?
os: linux mint LMDE 64 bit, xfce.
Thanks.

GdV87

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apt-get dist-upgrade  
password for giuseppe: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  cmap-adobe-japan1 dropbox gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-utils-common gs-cjk-resource libcogl5 libebook-1.2-12 libedata-book-1.2-11 libept1 libevince3-3
  libgnome-bluetooth8 libgnomepanel2.24-cil libgstfarsight0.10-0 libjack0 libpanel-applet2-0 linux-sound-base mint-artwork-debian python-gnomeapplet vlc
  vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse xfce4-xfapplet-plugin xz-lzma
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  aptitude-common at-spi2-core cheese-common cpp-4.7 cryptsetup-bin dconf-tools fonts-freefont-ttf fonts-liberation fonts-stix freeglut3:i386 g++-4.7 gcc-4.7
  gcc-4.7-base:i386 gcj-4.7-base gcj-4.7-jre-lib gcr gfortran-4.7 gir1.2-gck-1 gir1.2-gcr-3 gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gnuplot gnuplot-nox groff gtk2-engines:i386
  gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 ia32-libs-gtk-i386:i386 ia32-libs-i386:i386 lesstif2:i386 libaacplus2 libacl1:i386 libaio1:i386 libapt-inst1.5 libapt-pkg4.12
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The following packages have been kept back:
  vlc-nox
The following packages will be upgraded:
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  gettext-base gfortran gimp gimp-data gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-cogl-1.0 gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 gir1.2-evince-3.0 gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 gir1.2-mutter-3.0
  gnome-bluetooth gnome-contacts gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data gnome-dictionary gnome-keyring gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-settings-daemon
  gnome-shell gnome-shell-common gnome-sushi gnome-user-share gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gthumb gthumb-data gtk2-engines ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk inkscape kate katepart
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  libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libcogl-pango0 libedataserverui-3.0-1 libfolks-eds25 libgcj-bc libgck-1-0 libgcr-3-1 libgdict-1.0-6 libgettext-ruby1.8 libgimp2.0
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  libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff2-4
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zerozero

Re: dist-upgrade problem

Post by zerozero »

can you please give us the output of

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inxi -Sr
and

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cat /etc/apt/preferences
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Re: dist-upgrade problem

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inxi -Sr
System:    Host milcom Kernel 3.2.0-2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Linux Mint Xfce Edition
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
           deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
           deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
           deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
           deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian squeeze contrib non-free
           deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://fiji.sc/downloads/apt/ ./

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cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release o=linuxmint
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: 500

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 400

zerozero

Re: dist-upgrade problem

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these weren't always the active source.list, or at least once in awhile you activate others just for a look&see?
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Re: dist-upgrade problem

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Some months ago I activated temporarily some different repos (now I don't remember exactly which ones).
So maybe I can just let apt-get remove those packages and then manually reinstall (most of) them?
GdV87
zerozero

Re: dist-upgrade problem

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show us the output of

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list
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Re: dist-upgrade problem

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I'll post it as soon as I come back home (now I'm on a different box), but the output of "cat /etc/apt/sources.list" will probably be the same as the one of "inxi -Sr" (there aren't any commented out lines in the file).
GdV87
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Re: dist-upgrade problem

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my understanding is that you at some point had testing repos enabled and this pulled in higher versions of some lib (visible in the problem with vlc: vlc has no problems neither in latest/incoming nor in testing or sid), (visible also in the added rule in preferences)

the above is not a bad thing per-se but conflicts may arise and we should be aware of them.

also another thing that bothers me is the kernel version you are using: is that the latest you have available or are you using it because the latest has some kind of problems? i say this because (if your system was fully updated before this) you should have -3 and get an update now to -4.

one way around the vlc problem is uninstall all lib and then install again the ones matching your present repos. but this might occur with others app/lib (it's hard to tell) so you have to risk.
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Re: dist-upgrade problem

Post by gdv87 »

Thanks. You are right: at some point I've enabled testing repos (that was a mistake).
The kernel is the latest I have available, is this a problem?
So I'll try to uninstall:
"libcogl5 libebook-1.2-12 libedata-book-1.2-11 libept1 libevince3-3 libgnome-bluetooth8 libgnomepanel2.24-cil libgstfarsight0.10-0 libjack0 libpanel-applet2-0"
then install them again and then dist-upgrade, right?
Thanks again.
GdV87
zerozero

Re: dist-upgrade problem

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no, don't interfere with apt at this point: some of those pkgs/lib are really to go, others are to be removed because of this situation; so i would let apt purge the most possible and then try to rebuild the damages :D

regarding the kernel, yes you should have a higher version than that, check with

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dpkg -l | egrep '(linux-image*)|(linux-headers*)'
at the same time you can also check vlc (and see if there's mismatches)

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dpkg -l | grep vlc*
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Re: dist-upgrade problem

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Thanks a lot zerozero :-)

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apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install -f
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install vlc
did the trick!

now I've this kernel:
3.2.0-4-amd64

Greets

GdV87
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Re: dist-upgrade problem

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8)
i just wanted to say something here: there's nothing wrong changing repos to testing or sid (my installs track either one or the other) but if we do it, we should do it completely (or learn the art of apt-pinning)
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