[SOLVED] Broken packages when updating

[mms]

Tbh, I don't even remember installing wine.
Is it possible it was one of the default software?

Anyway, just tried to uninstall it and it reminded me I've already given it a got, still finding issues:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 wine1.6-i386:i386 : Depends: wine1.6:any (= 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14.2)
                     Recommends: libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                     Recommends: libpng12-0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
 winetricks : Depends: wine
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

And if I run

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apt --fix-broken install

it just gives me this list

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pt --fix-broken install
apt
Usage: apt command [options]
       apt help command [options]

Commands:
  add-repository   - Add entries to apt sources.list
  autoclean        - Erase old downloaded archive files
  autoremove       - Remove automatically all unused packages
  build            - Build binary or source packages from sources
  build-dep        - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
  changelog        - View a package's changelog
  check            - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
  clean            - Erase downloaded archive files
  contains         - List packages containing a file
  content          - List files contained in a package
  deb              - Install a .deb package
  depends          - Show raw dependency information for a package
  dist-upgrade     - Upgrade the system by removing/installing/upgrading packages
  download         - Download the .deb file for a package
  edit-sources     - Edit /etc/apt/sources.list with your preferred text editor
  dselect-upgrade  - Follow dselect selections
  full-upgrade     - Same as 'dist-upgrade'
  held             - List all held packages
  help             - Show help for a command
  hold             - Hold a package
  install          - Install/upgrade packages
  list             - List packages based on package names
  policy           - Show policy settings
  purge            - Remove packages and their configuration files
  recommends       - List missing recommended packages for a particular package
  rdepends         - Show reverse dependency information for a package
  reinstall        - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package
  remove           - Remove packages
  search           - Search for a package by name and/or expression
  show             - Display detailed information about a package
  showhold         - Same as 'held'
  showsrc          - Display all the source package records that match the given package name
  source           - Download source archives
  sources          - Same as 'edit-sources'
  unhold           - Unhold a package
  update           - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
  upgrade          - Perform a safe upgrade
  version          - Show the installed version of a package

[sleeper12]

You have both Xenial (Ubuntu 16.04) and Focal (Ubuntu 20.04) repos. Those are totally in conflict. You have to remove all the Xenial repos.

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Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                        
Ign:3 http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages ulyssa InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease               
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                
Hit:6 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/AndnoVember:/KITScenarist/xUbuntu_20.04  InRelease
Hit:7 http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease              
Hit:9 http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:10 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease         
Hit:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease              
Hit:12 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease                 
Hit:13 http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:14 http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages ulyssa Release
Hit:15 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:16 https://repo.nordvpn.com//deb/nordvpn/debian stable InRelease
Hit:17 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease

Hey, thank you.

Would you be able to tell me how? Or addressing me to where to look for it?

See if you can remove the Xenial repos in Software Sources, Additional Repositories. This might help:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... urces.html

[mms]

See if you can remove the Xenial repos in Software Sources, Additional Repositories. This might help:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... urces.html

Yas! It worked!

I followed what they say in that page, then I updated through Update Manager, went into the terminal for a quick update/upgrade/autoremove and everything was back to functioning again.

I believe the problem Xenial/Focal might have been caused by the Signal desktop app?


Anyway, thank you very much for your help. You're amazing.
Wish you all the best!

[sleeper12]

Good, I'm glad we somehow muddled our way to a solution.

[linuxlinux123]

https://askubuntu.com/questions/691630/ ... ry-install
I didn't follow these instructions exactly. Here is what I did:
Fall back to an old Timeshift snapshot, Then open Update Manager and click refresh. Uncheck everything except Libre Office, then click Install Updates. When it fails, issue these terminal commands.
sudo apt-get remove openoffice-debian-menus
sudo dpkg -r --force-all openoffice-debian-menus
sudo apt-get install -f
If you see errors/broken packages you will have to fall back to an older Timeshift snapshot and try again. I had to fall back to August 11th 2021. If you see no errors in the terminal after executing these commands, refresh Update Manager again. Uncheck everything except Libre Office, then click Install Updates. If Libre Office can update with no errors or broken packages, you are (almost) good to go. Make a new Timeshift snapshot before you do anything else.