When I do an apt-get upgrade, it complains that:
"Sorry, but the following packages are broken.."
and halts. When I try to repair the problems using dselect, I cannot seem to get out of a circle which won't let me remove the broken ones, nor configure them, due to dependencies. Probably there is some correctness to what it reports, but it feels like I am "stuck in a maze of twisty-truney passages, which all look alike"! :-)
It all seems to start with libpam-util; Details attached.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Gregory Guthrie
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Script started on Wed Mar 29 05:41:04 200
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>> apt-get check
Updating package file cache...done
Updating package status cache...done
Checking system integrity...dependency error
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
Sorry, but the following packages are broken - this means they have unmet
dependencies:
libpam-util: Depends:libpwdb0
>> apt-get check
Updating package file cache...done
Updating package status cache...done
Checking system integrity...dependency error
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
Sorry, but the following packages are broken - this means they have unmet
dependencies:
libpam-util: Depends:libpwdb0
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csgrg.root(501) >> dselect
...
Install...
Running dpkg -iGROEB /archive
Skipping deselected package ntfs2.0.33.
Skipping deselected package ntfs2.0.33.
Will not downgrade snmp from version 3.5-3 to 3.2-2, skipping.
Version 1.9.9-1 of ldso already installed, skipping.
Will not downgrade libc6 from version 2.0.7t-1 to 2.0.7pre1-4, skipping.
Running dpkg -iGROEB /archive
Skipping deselected package ntfs2.0.33.
Will not downgrade snmp from version 3.5-3 to 3.2-2, skipping.
Version 1.9.9-1 of ldso already installed, skipping.
Will not downgrade libc6 from version 2.0.7t-1 to 2.0.7pre1-4, skipping.
Installation OK. Hit RETURN.
-pending --configure ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-util:
libpam-util depends on libpwdb0 (>= 0.54preD-1); however:
Package libpwdb0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libpam-util (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libpam-util
dpkg --configure returned error exit status 1.
Press RETURN to continue.
running dpkg --pending --remove ...
dpkg: error processing procps (--remove):
This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of ncurses3.0:
procps depends on ncurses3.0.
dpkg: error processing ncurses3.0 (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
dpkg: error processing ncurses-bin (--remove):
This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
Errors were encountered while processing:
procps
ncurses3.0
ncurses-bin
running dpkg --pending --remove ...
dpkg: error processing procps (--remove):
This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of ncurses3.0:
procps depends on ncurses3.0.
dpkg: error processing ncurses3.0 (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
dpkg: error processing ncurses-bin (--remove):
This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
Errors were encountered while processing:
procps
ncurses3.0
ncurses-bin
dpkg --remove returned error exit status 1.
Press RETURN to continue.
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Dr. Gregory Guthrie
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(515)472-1125 Fax: -1103
Computer Science
Department
College of Science and
Technology
Maharishi University of
Management
(Maharishi International University
1971-1995)
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