[Bug 1095197] Re: package ntfs-3g 1:2012.1.15AR.1-1ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing ntfs-3g

[rsteinmetz70112]

I just had this same problem no an upgrade of two nearly identical
servers from 10.04 to 12.04.2 AMD64

My Hardware is AMD64, Nvidia chipset, Root is on an md array with lvm2. 
The 10.04 was full updated just prior to starting the upgrade.

During the upgrade ntfs-3g failed too install due to a pre dependency
issue. The hostname failed for the same reason finally resolvconf failed
to install. The update eventually failed to configure due to too many
errors.

Rebooting the system failed with a error about the root filesystem being
unavailable or not ready. Root was left mounter read only.


I was able to recover by the following commands;

# mount -o remount, rw /
# mount -a
#dpkg --configure -a
#apt-get install -f

Before the apt-get above apt-get refused to install ntfs-3g because
hostname was not installed. hostname refused to install because libntfs-
3g75 was not installable.

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Title:
  package ntfs-3g 1:2012.1.15AR.1-1ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing ntfs-3g

Status in “ntfs-3g” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  upgrading 10.04 powerpc to 12.04.1, ntfs-3g and about 50 other
  packages failed to install.  I managed to rescue the system by
  manually doing dpkg -i --force-depends /var/cache/apt/archives/blah*
  for all the failed packages, eventually I got it stable again.  Sorry
  if this isn't detailed enough for you to work on the problem.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ntfs-3g 1:2012.1.15AR.1-1ubuntu1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-powerpc-smp 3.2.34
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-powerpc-smp ppc
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15.1
  Architecture: powerpc
  Date: Tue Jan  1 17:09:10 2013
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing ntfs-3g
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release powerpc (20100428)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ntfs-3g
  Title: package ntfs-3g 1:2012.1.15AR.1-1ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing ntfs-3g
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-01-01 (0 days ago)

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