Hi, I decided to upgrade my etch box to lenny/sid but an apt-get dist-upgrade got stuck. Please let me know what could be done here.
Thanks a lot. Manu
$ sudo apt-get update Hit http://ftp.debian.org etch Release.gpg Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing Release.gpg Hit http://ftp.debian.org etch Release Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing Release Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release Ign http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Sources Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources Reading package lists... Done $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libbonobo2-0: Depends: libbonobo2-common (= 2.22.0-1) but 2.14.0-3 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. $ sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libcamel1.2-8 libebook1.2-5 libgssapi2 libnss3-0d libopal-2.2.0 libpci2 libpt-plugins-alsa libpt-plugins-v4l libssp0 The following NEW packages will be installed: acpi-support-base bsd-mailx eject filters g++-4.2 gcc-4.2 grub-common gs gs-common gs-gpl hal hal-info kdebase-bin-kde3 libavcodec1d libavformat1d libavutil1d libbind9-30 libc-ares1 libcamel1.2-11 libccid libcdio7 libcrypto++7 libcurl3-gnutls libdevmapper1.02.1 libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdirectfb-extra libdmx1 libdns32 libebml0 libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7 libedata-cal1.2-6 libegroupwise1.2-13 libfaad0 libflac8 libfreebob0 libgdata-google1.2-1 libgdata1.2-1 libgif4 libgssglue1 libiec61883-0 libilmbase6 libisc32 libisccc30 libisccfg30 libiso9660-5 libiw29 libjack0 libjasper1 libltdl3 liblwres30 liblzo2-2 libmatroska0 libnetpbm10 libnss3-1d libobparser16 libobrender16 libopal-2.2 libopenexr6 libpam-gnome-keyring libpci3 libpcsclite1 libpostproc1d libpq5 libpt-1.10.10 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l librarian0 libsamplerate0 libsmbios-bin libsmbios1 libsmbiosxml1 libsnack2 libsoup2.4-1 libsox-fmt-alsa libsox-fmt-base libsox0 libspeexdsp1 libsplashy1 libssh2-1 libstdc++6-4.2-dev libts-0.0-0 libx86-1 linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 netcat-traditional netpbm nvclock openssh-blacklist pcscd pm-utils psfontmgr python-sepolgen tcl8.5 tk8.5 uuid-runtime vim-gnome x11-apps x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils xauth xinit xorg-docs xserver-xorg-video-intel The following packages will be upgraded: acpi acpi-support acpid alsa-base alsa-tools alsa-utils amsn amule amule-common anacron apmd at bc bind9-host bootchart busybox ca-certificates chameleon-cursor-theme comixcursors console-tools cowsay cpp-4.1 cpufrequtils cron crystalcursors cyrus-sasl2-doc dc debfoster debian-archive-keyring dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dictionaries-common dmidecode dnsutils docbook-xml docker dselect ed ekiga evolution-data-server 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xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo xsltproc xterm xutils xutils-dev yelp 365 upgraded, 106 newly installed, 9 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 198 not fully installed or removed. 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(Reading database ... 64289 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libbonobo2-common 2.14.0-3 (using .../libbonobo2-common_2.22.0-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libbonobo2-common ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libbonobo2-common_2.22.0-1_all.deb (--unpack): unable to make backup link of `./usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libbonobo-2.0.mo' before installing new version: Operation not permitted dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libbonobo2-common_2.22.0-1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)