Ubuntu
update-manager package

I can not to update packages

Asked by Simon Brouillard

I have a problem with Ubuntu 11.04
Unity 2D...

I am not able to run
1- update-manager
2- Synaptic
3- Software center

1. Update-manager: Stop during Building dependencies
2. Software-manager: Stop after class/categories of appl.
   displayed
3. Synaptic program: Stop before i can search a package...

I think that theses packages can not write in the ubuntu core...
even if in my user spaces i can download and or edit files...

May I have to reinstall all ubuntu from LiveCD?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; gksudo software-centre

Thanks

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Simon Brouillard (simon-brouillard1) said : 		#2

simon@simon-desktop:~$
simon@simon-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a; gksudo software-centre
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
simon@simon-desktop:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Does the software centre ran with gksudo work ok?

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Simon Brouillard (simon-brouillard1) said : 		#4

After i run your command in a terminal...
The message is dislayed, after, the program
request a password and after i enter my password...
the program close and end.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*; sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists; sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean; LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail; sudo dpkg --configure -a
LANG=C;sudo apt-get install -f
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
LANG=C;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -y --reistall install software-enter

Does that help

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Simon Brouillard (simon-brouillard1) said : 		#6

sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*; sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists; sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean; LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail; sudo dpkg --configure -a
LANG=C;sudo apt-get install -f
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
LANG=C;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -y --reistall install software-enter

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AT THE PLACE OF your last line i write the following's one

sudo apt-get -y --reinstall install software-center
(First of all I open a terminal and run the
command apt-get -h to know what's meaning...
i don't find the option --reistall... i
supposed that it shall be --reinstall. I close
this terminal before opening a new one and
launch all your commands)

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Report

simon@simon-desktop:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
[sudo] password for simon:
simon@simon-desktop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
simon@simon-desktop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
simon@simon-desktop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*; sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
simon@simon-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists; sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
simon@simon-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean; LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
simon@simon-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
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Fetched 14.0 MB in 36s (386 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
simon@simon-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail; sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up apt-transport-https (0.8.13.2ubuntu4.1) ...
Setting up libunity-2d-private0 (3.8.12-0ubuntu1~bzr626) ...
Setting up apt-utils (0.8.13.2ubuntu4.1) ...
Setting up unity-2d-panel (3.8.12-0ubuntu1~bzr626) ...
Setting up unity-2d-places (3.8.12-0ubuntu1~bzr626) ...
Setting up unity-2d-launcher (3.8.12-0ubuntu1~bzr626) ...
Setting up unity-2d-spread (3.8.12-0ubuntu1~bzr626) ...
Setting up unity-2d (3.8.12-0ubuntu1~bzr626) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
simon@simon-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnet-daemon-perl linux-headers-2.6.38-7 libdbi-perl mysql-client-core-5.1
  libdbd-mysql-perl linux-headers-2.6.38-7-generic mysql-client-5.1
  libplrpc-perl libmath-round-perl
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
simon@simon-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
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Reading package lists... Done
simon@simon-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gstreamer0.10-tools libgstreamer0.10-0 libqtdee2 libunity-2d-private0
  unity-2d unity-2d-launcher unity-2d-panel unity-2d-places unity-2d-spread
9 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1363 kB of archives.
After this operation, 12.3 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
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simon@simon-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -y --reinstall install software-center
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnet-daemon-perl linux-headers-2.6.38-7 libdbi-perl mysql-client-core-5.1
  libdbd-mysql-perl linux-headers-2.6.38-7-generic mysql-client-5.1
  libplrpc-perl libmath-round-perl
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 461 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main software-center all 4.0.4 [461 kB]
Fetched 461 kB in 1s (369 kB/s)
simon@simon-desktop:~$
=======================================================

After these commands was completed...
i launch the Update-Manager... and
as all package to update was displayed
i try install and it stop...

I restart the computer
and launch the software-center
I install Last.fm Exit and the
software center stop the installation
process whitout Last.fm Exit.
This new package has not been installed!
=======================================================

Does that help? It does not work yet!

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Simon Brouillard (simon-brouillard1) said : 		#7

the problem shall be resolved
by reinstall ubuntu from the CD...
It's an economics point of view...
it's taking less time to reinstall
that to wait to solve...

Thanks for all your support

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Simon Brouillard (simon-brouillard1) said : 		#8

Just for your information...
When I reinstall from the
CD... the installation failed
and a message told me
that the new version of dpkg
can not support my old hardware and
i shall install older version of Ubuntu...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

Unity needs full 3D accelleration to run. Log in to the classic desktop and get 3D accelleration working and you can use Unity, Alternatively you can use unity 2D on hardware which doesn't support 3D accelleration.

Unfortunately you got bitten by one of the weaknesses in package based distros. If the packages get screwed up you cannot instal or uninstall apps :(