upgrade from 16.04 unmet dependencies
Desktop. upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04
I now have:
rodney@RodneyPc:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://
Hit:2 http://
Hit:3 http://
Hit:4 http://
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
2515 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
rodney@RodneyPc:~$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
libglib2.0-bin : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.56.4-
libglib2.0-dev : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.56.4-
libproxy1-
mailutils : Depends: libmailutils5 but it is not installed
python3-distutils : Depends: python3 (>= 3.6.7-1~) but 3.5.1-3 is installed
python3-lib2to3 : Depends: python3 (>= 3.6.7-1~) but 3.5.1-3 is installed
systemd : Depends: libsystemd0 (= 229-4ubuntu21.29) but 237-3ubuntu10.44 is installed
udev : Depends: libudev1 (= 229-4ubuntu21.29) but 237-3ubuntu10.44 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
rodney@RodneyPc:~$ sudo dpkg --audit
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
libglib2.0-bin Programs for the GLib library
libglib2.
libglib2.0-dev-bin Development utilities for the GLib library
libproxy1-
mailutils GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail
python3-distutils distutils package for Python 3.x
python3-lib2to3 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (2to3, ve
The following packages are only half installed, due to problems during
installation. The installation can probably be completed by retrying it;
the packages can be removed using dselect or dpkg --remove:
systemd-shim shim for systemd
rodney@RodneyPc:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
libglib2.0-bin : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.56.4-
libglib2.0-dev : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.56.4-
libproxy1-
mailutils : Depends: libmailutils5 but it is not installed
python3-distutils : Depends: python3 (>= 3.6.7-1~) but 3.5.1-3 is installed
python3-lib2to3 : Depends: python3 (>= 3.6.7-1~) but 3.5.1-3 is installed
systemd : Depends: libsystemd0 (= 229-4ubuntu21.29) but 237-3ubuntu10.44 is installed
udev : Depends: libudev1 (= 229-4ubuntu21.29) but 237-3ubuntu10.44 is installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResol
E: Unable to correct dependencies
what can I do?
many thanks
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