The package system is broken

Asked by Thomas Norman

When I try to use Update Manager, I get the message that "The package system is broken". I removed ecternal software sources, but the problem remains. Moreover, my Dash won't open. I went though the steps at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure , and get the following output:

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  Version of language-pack-en-base on system is 1:12.04+20120508.
dpkg: error processing language-pack-en (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-pack-kde-en-base:
 language-pack-kde-en-base depends on language-pack-kde-en (>= 1:12.04+20120508); however:
  Package language-pack-kde-en is not installed.
dpkg: error processing language-pack-kde-en-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plasma-dataengines-workspace:
 plasma-dataengines-workspace depends on libksgrd4 (= 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libksgrd4 on system is 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4.
 plasma-dataengines-workspace depends on libkworkspace4abi1 (= 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libkworkspace4abi1 on system is 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4.
 plasma-dataengines-workspace depends on libplasma-geolocation-interface4 (= 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libplasma-geolocation-interface4 on system is 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4.
 plasma-dataengines-workspace depends on libsolidcontrol4abi2 (= 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libsolidcontrol4abi2 on system is 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4.
 plasma-dataengines-workspace depends on libtaskmanager4abi3 (= 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libtaskmanager4abi3 on system is 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4.
 plasma-dataengines-workspace depends on libweather-ion6 (= 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libweather-ion6 on system is 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4.
dpkg: error processing plasma-dataengines-workspace (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-wallpapers:
 kde-wallpapers depends on kde-wallpapers-default (>= 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of kde-wallpapers-default on system is 4:4.8.2-0ubuntu1.
dpkg: error processing kde-wallpapers (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-pack-en-base:
 language-pack-en-base depends on language-pack-en (>= 1:12.04+20120508); however:
  Package language-pack-en is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-pack-en-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-pack-gnome-en:
 language-pack-gnome-en depends on language-pack-en; however:
  Package language-pack-en is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-pack-gnome-en (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libplasmagenericshell4:
 libplasmagenericshell4 depends on libkephal4abi1 (= 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libkephal4abi1 on system is 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4.
 libplasmagenericshell4 depends on libkworkspace4abi1 (= 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libkworkspace4abi1 on system is 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4.
dpkg: error processing libplasmagenericshell4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-runtime:
 kde-runtime depends on kde-runtime-data (>= 4:4.8.4-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of kde-runtime-data on system is 4:4.8.2-0ubuntu2.
dpkg: error processing kde-runtime (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-pack-gnome-en-base:
 language-pack-gnome-en-base depends on language-pack-gnome-en (>= 1:12.04+20120508); however:
  Package language-pack-gnome-en is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-pack-gnome-en-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-kde:
 libreoffice-kde depends on kde-runtime; however:
  Package kde-runtime is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libreoffice-kde (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 language-pack-en
 language-pack-kde-en-base
 plasma-dataengines-workspace
 kde-wallpapers
 language-pack-en-base
 language-pack-gnome-en
 libplasmagenericshell4
 kde-runtime
 language-pack-gnome-en-base
 libreoffice-kde
tom@fel-norman2:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
tom@fel-norman2:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ttf-sazanami-mincho liblualib50 tidy libtidy-0.99-0 flashplugin-installer
  screen-resolution-extra libdb4.8 libqt3-mt libgnome-desktop-2-17 liblua50
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  kde-runtime-data kde-wallpapers-default kde-window-manager
  kde-window-manager-common kde-workspace-bin kde-workspace-data
  kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins kdm kinfocenter ksysguard ksysguardd
  language-pack-en-base language-pack-kde-en language-pack-kde-en-base
  libglib2.0-bin libglib2.0-dev libkdecorations4 libkephal4abi1
  libkscreensaver5 libksgrd4 libksignalplotter4 libkwineffects1abi3
  libkwinglutils1 libkwinnvidiahack4 libkworkspace4abi1
  libplasma-geolocation-interface4 libplasmaclock4abi3 libprocesscore4abi1
  libprocessui4a libsolidcontrol4abi2 libsolidcontrolifaces4abi2
  libtaskmanager4abi3 libweather-ion6 plasma-desktop plasma-netbook
  plasma-widgets-workspace
Suggested packages:
  plasma-scriptengines libglib2.0-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  language-pack-kde-en
The following packages will be upgraded:
  kde-runtime-data kde-wallpapers-default kde-window-manager
  kde-window-manager-common kde-workspace-bin kde-workspace-data
  kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins kdm kinfocenter ksysguard ksysguardd
  language-pack-en-base language-pack-kde-en-base libglib2.0-bin
  libglib2.0-dev libkdecorations4 libkephal4abi1 libkscreensaver5 libksgrd4
  libksignalplotter4 libkwineffects1abi3 libkwinglutils1 libkwinnvidiahack4
  libkworkspace4abi1 libplasma-geolocation-interface4 libplasmaclock4abi3
  libprocesscore4abi1 libprocessui4a libsolidcontrol4abi2
  libsolidcontrolifaces4abi2 libtaskmanager4abi3 libweather-ion6
  plasma-desktop plasma-netbook plasma-widgets-workspace
35 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 561 not upgraded.
10 not fully installed or removed.
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 language-pack-en depends on language-pack-en-base (>= 1:12.04+20120801); however:
  Version of language-pack-en-base on system is 1:12.04+20120508.
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 language-pack-gnome-en depends on language-pack-en; however:
  Package language-pack-en is not configured yet.
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  Version of language-pack-kde-en-base on system is 1:12.04+20120508.
 language-pack-kde-en depends on language-pack-en; however:
  Package language-pack-en is not configured yet.
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  Package language-pack-kde-en is not configured yet.
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Setting up kde-window-manager-common (4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libkwinnvidiahack4 (4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up kde-window-manager (4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up kdm (4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up kinfocenter (4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libreoffice-kde (1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libglib2.0-bin (2.32.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libglib2.0-dev (2.32.3-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-pack-en-base:
 language-pack-en-base depends on language-pack-en (>= 1:12.04+20120508); however:
  Package language-pack-en is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-pack-en-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-pack-gnome-en-base:
 language-pack-gnome-en-base depends on language-pack-gnome-en (>= 1:12.04+20120508); however:
  Package language-pack-gnome-en is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-pack-gnome-en-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                                                                            ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 language-pack-en
 language-pack-gnome-en
 language-pack-kde-en
 language-pack-kde-en-base
 language-pack-en-base
 language-pack-gnome-en-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
tom@fel-norman2:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
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:
 language-pack-en : Depends: language-pack-en-base (>= 1:12.04+20120801) but 1:12.04+20120508 is installed
 language-pack-kde-en : Depends: language-pack-kde-en-base (>= 1:12.04+20120801) but 1:12.04+20120508 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
tom@fel-norman2:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
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:
 language-pack-en : Depends: language-pack-en-base (>= 1:12.04+20120801) but 1:12.04+20120508 is installed
 language-pack-kde-en : Depends: language-pack-kde-en-base (>= 1:12.04+20120801) but 1:12.04+20120508 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
tom@fel-norman2:~$ ls -lart /etc/apt/sources.list.d
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 8 14:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 31 12:05 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 Aug 31 14:51 oucs-hfs.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 109 Aug 31 14:51 oucs-hfs.list
tom@fel-norman2:~$

Thanks,
Tom.

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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said :
#1

Hi ,
it seems you have problem with 2 packages.

1. language-pack-en-base

2. language-pack-kde-en-base

you have smaller version from that is required.

So what possibly happened ?
Sometime you had the Proposed Updates enabled. You upgraded your system , then you unticked the proposed updated , and those packages leaved in older version (I do not say that you did that , but its a possibility) .

Now ,

open a terminal and give these commands
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

IF the problem NOT SOLVED with above commands then proceed with bellow suggestion.

You can go here and download the missing packages

1. language-pack-en-base 1:12.04+20120801 >> http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates/translations/language-pack-en-base

2. language-pack-kde-en-base 1:12.04+20120801 >> http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates/translations/language-pack-kde-en-base

Then install both .debs with command

++++++++++++++++++++
cd Downloads
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
++++++++++++++++++++
BE AWARE that above command will install ALL .deb packages inside the Donwloads folder. You must not have any other .deb packages there except the 2 you just download.

Then try again from terminal

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
sudo dpkg --configure -a --force-all
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-pack-en:
 language-pack-en depends on language-pack-en-base (>= 1:12.04+20120801); however:
  Version of language-pack-en-base on system is 1:12.04+20120508

Seems to be the issue. Can you give the output of:

apt-cache policy language-pack-en language-pack-en-base

Thanks

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Thomas Norman (tomnorman30) said :
#3

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.

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Thomas Norman (tomnorman30) said :
#4

That seems to have sorted it out--many thanks,

Tom.