package manger troubleshooting procdure

administrator@d610:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for administrator:
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[sudo] password for administrator:
administrator@d610:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
administrator@d610:~$ echo $http_proxy

administrator@d610:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

administrator@d610:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
administrator@d610:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
administrator@d610:~$ uname -a
Linux d610 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:26:08 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
administrator@d610:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
administrator@d610:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
administrator@d610:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
administrator@d610:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
administrator@d610:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
administrator@d610:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
administrator@d610:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
administrator@d610:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
administrator@d610:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
administrator@d610:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
administrator@d610:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
administrator@d610:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
administrator@d610:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
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:
  libc-dev-bin: Depends: libc6 (< 2.12) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.2) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  libnih1: Depends: libc6 (< 2.12) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  python-louis: Depends: liblouis0 (>= 1.7.0-2) but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6kB]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198B]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Packages [1274kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Packages [311kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Packages [4620B]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [83.5kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [2494B]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Packages [8431B]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Packages [82.5kB]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [27.7kB]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Packages [2371B]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [1383B]
Get:18 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg [198B]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [5470B]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Packages [4796kB]
Get:21 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release [7078B]
Get:22 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Packages [8935B]
Get:23 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Sources [4881B]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [5019kB]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Packages [121kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [155kB]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Packages [671kB]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Packages [10.0kB]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [401kB]
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [5467B]
Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Packages [213kB]
Get:32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [92.1kB]
Get:33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Packages [13.8kB]
Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [6582B]
Fetched 14.4MB in 56s (257kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libc6 (2.15-0ubuntu10) ...
Generating locales...
  en_AG.UTF-8... done
  en_AU.UTF-8... done
  en_BW.UTF-8... done
  en_CA.UTF-8... done
  en_DK.UTF-8... done
  en_GB.UTF-8... done
  en_HK.UTF-8... done
  en_IE.UTF-8... done
  en_IN.UTF-8... done
  en_NG.UTF-8... done
  en_NZ.UTF-8... done
  en_PH.UTF-8... done
  en_SG.UTF-8... done
  en_US.UTF-8... done
  en_ZA.UTF-8... done
  en_ZW.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
Checking init scripts...
Nothing to restart.

Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
administrator@d610:~$
administrator@d610:~$ LANG=C;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:
  libc-dev-bin: Depends: libc6 (< 2.12) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.2) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  libnih1: Depends: libc6 (< 2.12) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  python-louis: Depends: liblouis0 (>= 1.7.0-2) but it is not installable
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies
administrator@d610:~$ 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:
  libc-dev-bin: Depends: libc6 (< 2.12) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.2) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  libnih1: Depends: libc6 (< 2.12) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  python-louis: Depends: liblouis0 (>= 1.7.0-2) but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
administrator@d610:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources
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:
  libc-dev-bin: Depends: libc6 (< 2.12) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.2) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  libnih1: Depends: libc6 (< 2.12) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is installed
  python-louis: Depends: liblouis0 (>= 1.7.0-2) but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
administrator@d610:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)]/ lucid main restricted
     2 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     3 # newer versions of the distribution.
     4
     5 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
     6 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
    11 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
    12
    13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    16 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
    17 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
    18 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
    19 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
    20
    21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    25 ## security team.
    26 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
    27 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
    28 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
    29 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
    30
    31 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
    32 ## repository.
    33 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    34 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    35 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    36 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    37 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    38 # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    39 # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    40
    41 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    42 ## 'partner' repository.
    43 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    44 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    45 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
    46 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
    47
    48 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
    49 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
    50 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
    51 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
    52 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
    53 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
    54
    55 # deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free #Skype disabled on upgrade to precise
    56 # deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository karmic/ # disabled on upgrade to precise