What is going on with my system ? { SOLVED }
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What is going on with my system ? { SOLVED }
I think that I may have a unresolvable problem. I changed my sources.lst and then update the system to UP5. Everything went as smooth as silk with no problems that I new of. I then tried to intall mint-meta-debian-mate, but it would not install and game me the error that I had unmet dependencies which was
mint-meta-debian-core. So I tried to install mint-meta-debian-core but I got the error that I had unmet dependencies which was mint-debian-artwork. So I tried to install
mint-debian-artwork which game me another unmet dependency and so on............untill I got to defoma. You kinda get the idea.....It seems like there are a lot of file that are not installed on my system. WHY ?
Everything seems to work alright, I have been using the system in this condition for about a week with no ill effects. I am running LMDE 201204 with Mate. Has anyone else had any of these problems if so, how did you resolve them. I just can't seem to find the answers on my own so I need some help with this one.
Would it be better if I just start from scratch and re-install LMDE from the DVD ?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
scottjge
mint-meta-debian-core. So I tried to install mint-meta-debian-core but I got the error that I had unmet dependencies which was mint-debian-artwork. So I tried to install
mint-debian-artwork which game me another unmet dependency and so on............untill I got to defoma. You kinda get the idea.....It seems like there are a lot of file that are not installed on my system. WHY ?
Everything seems to work alright, I have been using the system in this condition for about a week with no ill effects. I am running LMDE 201204 with Mate. Has anyone else had any of these problems if so, how did you resolve them. I just can't seem to find the answers on my own so I need some help with this one.
Would it be better if I just start from scratch and re-install LMDE from the DVD ?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
scottjge
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Re: What is going on with my system ?
changed from what to what?scotthge wrote: I changed my sources.lst and then update the system to UP5.
Re: What is going on with my system ?
Hi Zerozero,
My apt sources were changed to
I can not remember what they were when I first put LMDE on my computer.
My apt sources were changed to
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Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
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
Re: What is going on with my system ?
this is a system fully updated to UP5 and the pkgs you mention are here at v.
so please give us the output of
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zerozero@wine ~ $ apt policy mint-meta-debian-mate mint-meta-debian-core mint-artwork-debian
mint-meta-debian-mate:
Installed: 2012.09.14
Candidate: 2012.09.14
Version table:
*** 2012.09.14 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mint-meta-debian-core:
Installed: 2012.09.14
Candidate: 2012.09.14
Version table:
*** 2012.09.14 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mint-artwork-debian:
Installed: 2012.09.11
Candidate: 2012.09.11
Version table:
*** 2012.09.11 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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apt policy mint-meta-debian-mate mint-meta-debian-core mint-artwork-debian
Re: What is going on with my system ?
Here is my output:
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glenn@laptop:~$ apt policy mint-meta-debian-mate mint-meta-debian-core mint-artwork-debian
No command 'apt' found, did you mean:
Command 'aptd' from package 'aptdaemon' (main)
Command 'opt' from package 'llvm' (main)
Command 'atp' from package 'atp' (main)
Command 'apm' from package 'apmd' (main)
Command 'apf' from package 'apf-firewall' (main)
Command 'apg' from package 'apg' (main)
Command 'gpt' from package 'gpt' (main)
Command 'ant' from package 'ant' (main)
Command 'at' from package 'at' (main)
Command 'pat' from package 'dist' (main)
Command 'aft' from package 'aft' (main)
apt: command not found
Re: What is going on with my system ?
well, on purpose or not we discovered another pkg that is missing in your install >> mintsystem
so that command as to be (this way has to work )
so that command as to be
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apt-cache policy mint-meta-debian-mate mint-meta-debian-core mint-artwork-debian
Re: What is going on with my system ?
Hey hey it worked or atleast I got some output.
which is what we already new but it worked.
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glenn@laptop:~$ apt-cache policy mint-meta-debian-mate mint-meta-debian-core mint-artwork-debian
mint-meta-debian-mate:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2012.09.14
Version table:
2012.09.14 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main amd64 Packages
mint-meta-debian-core:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2012.09.14
Version table:
2012.09.14 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main amd64 Packages
mint-artwork-debian:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2012.09.11
Version table:
2012.09.11 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main amd64 Packages
Re: What is going on with my system ?
what is exactly the output when you try
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sudo apt-get install mint-artwork-debian
Re: What is going on with my system ?
Output:
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sudo apt-get install mint-artwork-debian
[sudo] password for glenn:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mint-artwork-debian : Depends: ttf-ubuntu-font-family but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Re: What is going on with my system ?
ok lets keep the chase
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sudo apt-get install ttf-ubuntu-font-family
Re: What is going on with my system ?
This is where I stopped chasing the problem, when I got this message.
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glenn@laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install ttf-ubuntu-font-family
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ttf-ubuntu-font-family : Depends: defoma but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Re: What is going on with my system ?
one step back: how did you updated to UP5? mintupdate? sudo apt-get upgrade? sudo apt-get dist-upgrade?
what is the output of
what is the output of
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Re: What is going on with my system ?
Yes, this is the way that I updated using the terminal: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for glenn:
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg [197 B]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release [15.6 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates InRelease
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [16.8 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/contrib Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream amd64 Packages [5,387 B]
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import amd64 Packages [63.3 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing Release.gpg
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing Release
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 101 kB in 6s (16.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Re: What is going on with my system ?
have you tried (the strange thing is that all those packages are peaceful installed in the systems i checked: one tracking UP5 and another tracking testing)
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sudo apt-get install defoma
Re: What is going on with my system ?
Yes I have tried and then quit trying and come to the conclusion that it may not be resolvable. Here is my output.
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sudo apt-get install defoma
[sudo] password for glenn:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package defoma is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'defoma' has no installation candidate
Re: What is going on with my system ?
ok, i see the problem:
1- ttf-ubuntu-font-family depends on defoma;
2- mint-artwork-debian depends on ttf-ubuntu-font-family;
3- mint-meta-debian-core depends on mint-artwork-debian;
4- mint-meta-debian-mate depends on mint-meta-debian-core
in short all this packages are dependent on defoma but it was removed from testing and unstable considered obsolete by fontconfig
there's no way around this unless Clem updates the packages dependencies.
if you are asking why some have this issue (you) and others not (me) the package was removed in may and the last lmde respins done in april, so unless this pkg was uninstalled (as it seems it was in your system) there should be no problem.
1- ttf-ubuntu-font-family depends on defoma;
2- mint-artwork-debian depends on ttf-ubuntu-font-family;
3- mint-meta-debian-core depends on mint-artwork-debian;
4- mint-meta-debian-mate depends on mint-meta-debian-core
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zerozero@deb-kde ~ $ apt-cache depends ttf-ubuntu-font-family | grep defoma
Depends: defoma
zerozero@deb-kde ~ $ apt-cache depends mint-meta-debian-core | grep mint-artwork-debian
Depends: mint-artwork-debian
zerozero@deb-kde ~ $ apt-cache depends mint-meta-debian-mate | grep mint-meta-debian-core
Depends: mint-meta-debian-core
zerozero@deb-kde ~ $ apt-cache depends mint-artwork-debian | grep ttf-ubuntu-font-family
Depends: ttf-ubuntu-font-family
zerozero@deb-kde ~ $
there's no way around this unless Clem updates the packages dependencies.
if you are asking why some have this issue (you) and others not (me) the package was removed in may and the last lmde respins done in april, so unless this pkg was uninstalled (as it seems it was in your system) there should be no problem.
Re: What is going on with my system ?
Thank you zerozero. So if I understand you correctly. There is no fix at this time so the problem is unresolvable. So will there fix in the future or should I do a clean install when the new Iso with UP5 comes out?
Again I want to thank you so much for taking the time to help me sort this problem out. I really appreciate your expertise. It takes a special person to surf the forum and help everyone out my friend, and you are certainly one of those people.Thank you so much!
scottjge
Again I want to thank you so much for taking the time to help me sort this problem out. I really appreciate your expertise. It takes a special person to surf the forum and help everyone out my friend, and you are certainly one of those people.Thank you so much!
scottjge
Re: What is going on with my system ?
very kind words
there's (almost always) a way:
debian has this useful snapshot of old archives at http://snapshot.debian.org/ and we can find the missing defoma pkg at http://snapshot.debian.org/package/defo ... ma_0.11.12 (you want always the first option, not the one that says debian-ports)
probably you have to d/l the 3 pkgs (check if you have the other 2 or they are also missing); after that is just right-click and install with gdebi
there's (almost always) a way:
debian has this useful snapshot of old archives at http://snapshot.debian.org/ and we can find the missing defoma pkg at http://snapshot.debian.org/package/defo ... ma_0.11.12 (you want always the first option, not the one that says debian-ports)
probably you have to d/l the 3 pkgs (check if you have the other 2 or they are also missing); after that is just right-click and install with gdebi
Re: What is going on with my system ?
Well I run into a little of a snaf-foo. I need to find libwbclient0 (= 2:3.6.6-2) in order to install samba. I check the archives that you pointed me too but it is not present and I also google'd and still can not find the correct file. If I could bother once more for some of your knowledge, I would certainly appreciate it. Would you know of anywhere that I might be able to find this download?
scottjge
scottjge
Re: What is going on with my system ?
that lib should be available in the repos
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zerozero@wine ~ $ apt policy libwbclient0
libwbclient0:
Installed: 2:3.6.6-2
Candidate: 2:3.6.6-2
Version table:
*** 2:3.6.6-2 0
500 http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/incoming/ testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status