Ubuntu 12.10 upgrade - package dependency problems

Asked by afilindr

iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'iridenia-laptop':

You have 2000 packages (87.4%) supported until Απρίλιος 2014 (18m)
You have 1 packages (0.0%) supported until Οκτώβριος 2015 (18m)

You have 87 packages (3.8%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 200 packages (8.7%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch
cat: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch: No such file or directory
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for iridenia:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for iridenia:
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ echo $http_proxy

iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=quantal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.10"
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux iridenia-laptop 3.2.0-60-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 19 03:55:18 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo touch /var/lib/dpkg/lock
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ 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:
 linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic but it is not installable
 linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release [7078 B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner Sources [3196 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner i386 Packages [5336 B]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner Translation-en
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release [49,6 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release [49,6 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release [49,6 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release [49,6 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources [872 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Sources [5646 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Sources [5522 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Sources [166 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages [1136 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted i386 Packages [8387 B]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe i386 Packages [5285 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse i386 Packages [133 kB]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en [660 kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Translation-en [100 kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Translation-en [2575 B]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en [3648 kB]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Sources [134 kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Sources [2564 B]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Sources [96,7 kB]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Sources [5269 B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main i386 Packages [332 kB]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted i386 Packages [4841 B]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe i386 Packages [219 kB]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [12,3 kB]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en [168 kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Translation-en [6931 B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Translation-en [1477 B]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en [114 kB]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/main Sources [1139 B]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe Sources [20,4 kB]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/multiverse Sources [2413 B]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/main i386 Packages [2134 B]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe i386 Packages [25,1 kB]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [2465 B]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/main Translation-en [1792 B]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/multiverse Translation-en [2090 B]
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe Translation-en [20,7 kB]
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Sources [74,0 kB]
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Sources [1833 B]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Sources [23,8 kB]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Sources [1169 B]
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages [203 kB]
Get:54 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted i386 Packages [3531 B]
Get:55 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages [72,7 kB]
Get:56 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1726 B]
Get:57 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en [106 kB]
Get:58 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en [902 B]
Get:59 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en [1066 B]
Get:60 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en [42,4 kB]
Fetched 19,5 MB in 1min 29s (217 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic is not installed.

dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic:
 linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic depends on linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic is not installed.

dpkg: error processing linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-generic
 linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic
 linux-generic
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ 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:
  bzr g++-4.6 libapt-inst1.4 libcdt4 libcmis-0.2-0 libexiv2-11 libgdata1.9-cil libgraph4
  libgvc5 liblzma-dev libmagickcore4 libmagickcore4-extra libmagickwand4 libmusicbrainz3-6
  libnunit2.5-cil libpathplan4 libpoppler19 librhythmbox-core5 libstdc++6-4.6-dev libtiffxx5
  libusb-1.0-0-dev libv4l-dev libx264-120 python-gmenu
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic
Suggested packages:
  fdutils linux-doc-3.5.0 linux-source-3.5.0 linux-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 12,2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 27,4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic i386 3.5.0-48.72 [12,2 MB]
Fetched 12,2 MB in 2min 30s (81,4 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 417341 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic (from .../linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic_3.5.0-48.72_i386.deb) ...
This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic_3.5.0-48.72_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.5.0-48-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-48-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.5.0-48-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-48-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic_3.5.0-48.72_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ 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:
 linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic but it is not installed
 linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Sources
Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/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:
 linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic but it is not installed
 linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)]/ oneiric main restricted
     2
     3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4 # newer versions of the distribution.
     5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
     6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
    11 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    17 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    18 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    19 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    27 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    28 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    29 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    30
    31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    36 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    37 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    38
    39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    40 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    41 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    42 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    43 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    44 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    45
    46 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    47 ## 'partner' repository.
    48 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    49 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    50 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
    51 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
    52
    53 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    54 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    55 # deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    56 # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    57
    58 ## Note: VirtualBox has been moved from non-free to contrib with 4.0, so please adjust your repository settings.
    59

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 # deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/phablet-team-tools-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/phablet-team/tools/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/phablet-team/tools/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 # deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-oneiric.list

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$

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afilindr (afilindr) said :
#1

Hi,

After upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 12.10,
I followed the troubleshooting procedure found in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure as indicated in the terminal output which I pasted earlier.

Unfortunately, the "unmet dependencies" problem still remains as can be seen below:

iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get 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:
 linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic but it is not installed
 linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$

Thank you in advance for any guidance you can provide.

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said :
#2

Please read this site. Read closely EOL (end of life) dates. 12.10 is EOL in April 2014. I do not know what day. 13.10 would not be a good choice, because it is EOL July 2014. The best would be 14.04.

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said :
#3
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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#4

From your output:

Unpacking linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic (from .../linux-image-3.5.0-48-generic_3.5.0-48.72_i386.deb) ...
This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU.

It seems that your system does not meet the minimum requirements for Ubuntu systems higher than 12.04.
What processor do you have in your system? What is the output of

cat /proc/cpuinfo

on your system?
see also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

I suggest you report a bug

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afilindr (afilindr) said :
#6

Thank you Manfred for your help in identifying the "non-PAE CPU" issue.

I finally managed to work around this issue by first using the method found in the article "Ubuntu on Pentium M without PAE" http://zo0ok.com/techfindings/archives/1098 - which solved my "unmet dependencies" (without installing/downloading fake-pae) and allowed me to successfuly resolve the "linux-image-extra-3.5.0-48-generic" dependency by executing "sudo apt-get install -f".

Following that, I was able to upgrade to 12.10, 13.04 and 13.10 by following steps 1 to 6 in the article "PAE, Physical Address Extension" https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE.

Finally I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 where the kernel seems to be fixed since the "pae" flag now appears in the "/proc/cpuinfo" output:
==================================================================================================
iridenia@iridenia-laptop:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 9
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz
stepping : 5
microcode : 0x5
cpu MHz : 1500.000
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : pae fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe bts est tm2
bogomips : 2990.14
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:
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