I have tried several things, and have now run sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, which suggested to use the -f option. This produces: sudo apt-get -f upgrade Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: courier-authlib libsdl-image1.2 libvlc0 vlc-nox The following packages have been kept back: amule azureus libggi2 libgnomebt0 linux-image-386 linux-restricted-modules-386 mplayer nautilus-sendto python-netcdf thunar The following packages will be upgraded: brltty courier-authdaemon courier-imap courier-imap-ssl ddclient gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-system-tools jackd kappfinder kde-style-lipstik kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data klaptopdaemon kuser kwifimanager lame libapache-mod-php4 libapache2-mod-php4 libapache2-mod-python2.4 libapache2-svn libasn1-6-heimdal libavifile-0.7c2 libbcprov-java libbeagle0 libbeecrypt6 libbrlapi1 libcompfaceg1 libdb-file-lock-perl libdb1-compat libdb3 libdb3-util libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libdvbpsi4 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libexo-0.3-0 libgdchart-gd1-noxpm libgeoip1 libglib2-ruby libglide2 libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgnucrypto-java libgnujaxp-java libgnujaxp-jni libgnutls12 libgssapi4-heimdal libgstreamer0.8-ruby libgtk-perl libjack0.100.0-0 libjessie-java libkrb5-17-heimdal liblircclient0 liblockfile1 liblog4j1.2-java libmail-imapclient-perl libmcal0 libmhash2 libnet-daemon-perl libnet-dns-perl libnet-ssleay-perl libnetcdf3 libnetpbm9 libparse-recdescent-perl libplrpc-perl libpt-1.10.0 libpt-plugins-alsa libpt-plugins-v4l libpt-plugins-v4l2 libraptor1 librasqal0 librdf0 libroken16-heimdal librpm4 librrd2 libscim8c2a libsigc++-1.2-5c2 libskim0 libsmpeg0 libssl0.9.7 libsvga1 libswt3.1-gtk-java libswt3.1-gtk-jni libtagc0 libtasn1-2 libterm-readkey-perl libtool libvcdinfo0 libxfce4mcs-client3 libxfce4mcs-manager3 libxfce4util4 libxfcegui4-4 libxine-extracodecs libxxf86dga1 libzzip-0-12 linux-386 logwatch man2html mc menu menu-xdg mjpegtools mozilla-acroread mozilla-mplayer mozilla-thunderbird myspell-en-us mysql-admin mysql-admin-common nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-data netkit-inetd netpbm nmap ntp ntp-server ntp-simple numlockx nvidia-kernel-common odbcinst1debian1 openoffice.org openoffice.org-math pdmenu php-pear php4-cgi php4-cli php4-common php4-domxml php4-gd php4-ldap php4-mysql php4-snmp php5-cli php5-common php5-mysql php5-mysqli po-debconf postgresql-client-common postgresql-common powernowd procmail proftpd proftpd-doc python-cddb python-epydoc python-eunuchs python-examples python-genetic python-geoip python-gst python-gst0.10 python-parted python-pisock python-pqueue python-pyao python-pyogg python-pyvorbis python-stats python-unit python2.4-examples python2.4-librdf quota rar reportbug rhythmbox rkhunter rpm rrdtool ruby1.8 sane-utils sasl2-bin sbackup scim-qtimm skim snmp sound-juicer sqwebmail ssh ssh-askpass-gnome streamripper streamtuner subtitleripper totem totem-gstreamer tsclient ttf-arabeyes ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-bengali-fonts ttf-devanagari-fonts ttf-gentium ttf-gujarati-fonts ttf-indic-fonts ttf-kannada-fonts ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-lao ttf-malayalam-fonts ttf-oriya-fonts ttf-punjabi-fonts ttf-tamil-fonts ttf-telugu-fonts ubuntu-docs unixodbc update-notifier vcdimager vino websvn wine wwwconfig-common x-dev xchat xchat-common xcursor-themes xfsprogs xinetd xlibs-dev xlibs-static-dev xmms xresprobe xsane xsane-common xscreensaver xscreensaver-data yelp zenity 228 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded. 11 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/129MB of archives. After unpacking 16.0MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? I am going to proceed with this command, and see if it can fix my install. -- Error upgrading dapper to edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/68502 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs