Unable to fix broken packages with sudo apt-get install -f
- by Bob
Here's my result, of sudo apt-get install -f. i have Ran it twice and got negative result. I believe there is an error at
"error in Version string '0:3.6.1-dates for language English
Translation data updates for all supported packages for:
English"
This same statement "error in Version string, caused me three days of attempting to download version 12.04. There is a bug report concerning the quoted text as well. Is there anyway to download the version without the language packs, why would I corrupt version 11.10?
Also, when attempting to download Synaptic using sudo apt-get install synaptic, I get the same error message.
Again I point out the initial download problems and the same error message receipt.
Thanks
b0b@b0b-IC780M-A:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for b0b:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 298 not upgraded.
b0b@b0b-IC780M-A:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 298 not upgraded.
b0b@b0b-IC780M-A:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-headers-generic software-center
The following packages will be upgraded:
accountsservice acpi-support acpid aisleriot alsa-utils
app-install-data-partner appmenu-qt apport apport-gtk apt-transport-https
apt-utils aptdaemon aptdaemon-data apturl apturl-common banshee
banshee-extension-soundmenu banshee-extension-ubuntuonemusicstore baobab
bind9-host binutils bluez-alsa bluez-cups bluez-gstreamer brasero
brasero-cdrkit brasero-common checkbox checkbox-gtk command-not-found
command-not-found-data compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome
compiz-plugins-default compiz-plugins-main-default cups cups-bsd cups-client
cups-common cups-ppdc deja-dup desktop-file-utils dnsutils empathy
empathy-common eog evince evince-common evolution-data-server
evolution-data-server-common file-roller firefox firefox-globalmenu
firefox-gnome-support gbrainy gcalctool gconf2 gconf2-common gedit
gedit-common ghostscript ghostscript-cups ghostscript-x gir1.2-atspi-2.0
gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0
gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0 gir1.2-unity-4.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0
gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-bluetooth gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center-data gnome-desktop3-data gnome-font-viewer
gnome-games-common gnome-icon-theme gnome-mahjongg gnome-online-accounts
gnome-orca gnome-power-manager gnome-screenshot gnome-search-tool
gnome-session gnome-session-bin gnome-session-canberra gnome-session-common
gnome-settings-daemon gnome-sudoku gnome-system-log gnome-system-monitor
gnome-utils-common gnomine gstreamer0.10-gconf gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-bin gvfs-fuse gwibber
gwibber-service gwibber-service-facebook gwibber-service-identica
gwibber-service-twitter hpijs hplip hplip-cups hplip-data indicator-datetime
indicator-session indicator-sound isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common
jockey-common jockey-gtk language-selector-common language-selector-gnome
libaccountsservice0 libapt-inst1.3 libarchive1 libasound2-plugins
libatk-adaptor libbind9-60 libbrasero-media3-1 libcamel-1.2-29
libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk0 libcanberra-gtk3-0
libcanberra-gtk3-module libcanberra-pulse libcanberra0 libdecoration0
libdns69 libebackend-1.2-1 libebook1.2-12 libecal1.2-10 libedata-book-1.2-11
libedata-cal-1.2-13 libedataserver1.2-15 libedataserverui-3.0-1 libevince3-3
libgconf2-4 libgnome-bluetooth8 libgnome-control-center1
libgnome-desktop-3-2 libgoa-1.0-0 libgrip0 libgs9 libgs9-common libgtk-3-bin
libgtksourceview-3.0-0 libgtksourceview-3.0-common libgweather-3-0
libgweather-common libgwibber-gtk2 libgwibber2 libhpmud0 libimobiledevice2
libisc62 libisccc60 libisccfg62 libjasper1 liblightdm-gobject-1-0 liblwres60
libmetacity-private0 libmission-control-plugins0 libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil
libnautilus-extension1 libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-glib4 libnm-util2
libnotify0.4-cil libnux-1.0-0 libnux-1.0-common libpam-gnome-keyring
libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-style-human libsane-hpaio libsmbclient
libsnmp-base libsnmp15 libsyncdaemon-1.0-1 libt1-5 libtotem0
libubuntuone-1.0-1 libubuntuone1.0-cil libunity-2d-private0
libunity-core-4.0-4 libunity6 libusbmuxd1 libwbclient0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0
libwebkitgtk-1.0-common libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-common libxml2
linux-generic linux-image-generic metacity metacity-common
mobile-broadband-provider-info modemmanager mousetweaks multiarch-support
nautilus nautilus-data nautilus-sendto-empathy network-manager nux-tools
onboard openssl pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-x11
pulseaudio-utils python-apport python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk
python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python-aptdaemon.gtkwidgets python-brlapi
python-cups python-cupshelpers python-gobject-cairo python-httplib2
python-launchpadlib python-libxml2 python-pam python-papyon
python-pkg-resources python-problem-report python-pyatspi2
python-software-properties python-ubuntuone-client
python-ubuntuone-storageprotocol samba-common samba-common-bin seahorse
shotwell simple-scan smbclient sni-qt software-properties-common
software-properties-gtk sudo system-config-printer-common
system-config-printer-gnome system-config-printer-udev telepathy-indicator
telepathy-mission-control-5 thunderbird thunderbird-globalmenu
thunderbird-gnome-support tomboy totem totem-common totem-mozilla
totem-plugins ttf-opensymbol ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-standard
ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client-gnome ubuntuone-couch unity unity-2d
unity-2d-launcher unity-2d-panel unity-2d-places unity-2d-spread
unity-common unity-lens-applications unity-services update-manager
update-manager-core update-notifier update-notifier-common usbmuxd
vim-common vim-tiny vinagre vino xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xul-ext-ubufox
296 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/159 MB of archives.
After this operation, 10.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 4131 package 'python-zope.interface':
error in Version string '0:3.6.1-dates for language English
Translation data updates for all supported packages for:
English
.
language-pack-en-base provides the bulk of translation data
and is updated only seldom. This package provides frequent translation
updates.': version string has embedded spaces
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
b0b@b0b-IC780M-A:~$
