[Bug 1100992] Re: Unable to run update manager

[Jorge]

I think you might find this useful.  The ouput for 'sudo apt-get
dist-upgrade' follows:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Failed
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic: Breaks: gnome-power-manager (< 3.2) but
2.30.0-0ubuntu1.1 is to be installed
  isc-dhcp-client: Breaks: network-manager (< 0.8.2~rc1) but 0.8-0ubuntu3.3
is to be installed
  libglib2.0-0: Breaks: gnome-control-center (< 1:3) but 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu2
is to be installed
  nautilus: Breaks: gnome-bluetooth (< 3.0) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu3 is to be
installed
  nautilus-sendto: Breaks: gnome-bluetooth (< 3.0) but 2.30.0-0ubuntu3 is
to be installed
  ppp: Breaks: network-manager (<= 0.8.0.999-1) but 0.8-0ubuntu3.3 is to be
installed
       Breaks: network-manager-pptp (<= 0.8.0.999-1) but 0.8-0ubuntu3 is to
be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused
by held packages.
jorge at Rhoxanne:~$

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 6:18 AM, sampo555
<1100992 at bugs.launchpad.net>wrote:

> Weird. No apparent errors there either. I have no idea what could be
> causing this.
>
> You could try running 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' as it's better at
> handling dependency errors. But be careful, it can delete/install
> packages so make sure nothing important gets deleted. If you see a long
> list of packages being deleted or installed, you should abort the
> procedure just to stay on the safe side.
>
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>
> Title:
>   Unable to run update manager
>
> Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   When I try to run update manager, I get the following message:
>
>   Could not calculate the upgrade
>
>   An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
>
>   Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include
> the following error message:
>   'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
> caused by held packages.'
>
>   Please note that I'm running ubuntu 10.04 and simply checking for
>   udpdates, not trying to upgrade to more recent release.   When I try
>   to determine the package version via  'apt-cache policy pkgname', I
>   get:
>
>   Unable to locate package pkgname
>   ---
>   Architecture: i386
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
>   DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
>
>   DpkgTerminalLog.txt: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '/var/log/apt/term.log'
>   GConfNonDefault:
>    /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
>    /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
>    /apps/update-manager/show_versions=false
>    /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
>   Package: update-manager 1:0.134.12.1
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANG=en_US.utf8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.101-generic 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
>   Tags: lucid
>   Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic i686
>   UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
>
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Title:
  Unable to run update manager

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When I try to run update manager, I get the following message:

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
  'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'

  Please note that I'm running ubuntu 10.04 and simply checking for
  udpdates, not trying to upgrade to more recent release.   When I try
  to determine the package version via  'apt-cache policy pkgname', I
  get:

  Unable to locate package pkgname
  --- 
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
   
  DpkgTerminalLog.txt: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/apt/term.log'
  GConfNonDefault:
   /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
   /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
   /apps/update-manager/show_versions=false
   /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Package: update-manager 1:0.134.12.1
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.101-generic 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
  Tags: lucid
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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