[Bug 263150] [NEW] uninstallable packages

Sun Aug 31 00:25:29 UTC 2008

Public bug reported:

The following packages have been kept back:
  gnash gnash-common python-simplejson
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports source gnash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
NOTICE: 'gnash' packaging is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/gnash/ubuntu
Please use:
bzr get http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/gnash/ubuntu
to retrieve the latest (possible unreleased) updates to the package.
Need to get 3434kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe gnash 0.8.2-0ubuntu3 (dsc) [2071B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe gnash 0.8.2-0ubuntu3 (tar) [3400kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe gnash 0.8.2-0ubuntu3 (diff) [31.4kB]
Fetched 3434kB in 27s (125kB/s)                                                
gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file `/home/thomas/.gnupg/gpg.conf'
gpg: Signature made Wed 02 Apr 2008 09:54:25 AM BST using RSA key ID 140C6664
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
dpkg-source: extracting gnash in gnash-0.8.2
dpkg-source: info: unpacking gnash_0.8.2.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: applying gnash_0.8.2-0ubuntu3.diff.gz
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports install gnash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gnash: Depends: gnash-common (= 0.8.2-2~bpo40+1) but 0.8.2-0ubuntu3 is to be installed
         Depends: gnash-common (= 0.8.2-2~bpo40+1) but 0.8.2-0ubuntu3 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports build-dep gnash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Build-dependencies for gnash could not be satisfied.
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports source gnash-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
NOTICE: 'gnash' packaging is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/gnash/ubuntu
Please use:
bzr get http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/gnash/ubuntu
to retrieve the latest (possible unreleased) updates to the package.
Skipping already downloaded file 'gnash_0.8.2-0ubuntu3.dsc'
Skipping already downloaded file 'gnash_0.8.2.orig.tar.gz'
Skipping already downloaded file 'gnash_0.8.2-0ubuntu3.diff.gz'
Need to get 0B of source archives.
Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in gnash-0.8.2
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports install gnash-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gnash-common: Depends: libboost-date-time1.33.1 but it is not installable
                Depends: libboost-thread1.33.1 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports build-dep gnash-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Build-dependencies for gnash-common could not be satisfied.
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports source libboost*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to find a source package for libboost*
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get -t source libboost*E: Invalid operation libboost*
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get source libboost*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to find a source package for libboost*
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get source libboost-date-time*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to find a source package for libboost-date-time*
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get install libboost-date-time*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting libboost-date-time-dev for regex 'libboost-date-time*'
Note, selecting libboost-date-time1.33.1 for regex 'libboost-date-time*'
Note, selecting libboost-date-time1.34.1 for regex 'libboost-date-time*'
Note, selecting libboost-date-time1.35.0 for regex 'libboost-date-time*'
Note, selecting libboost-date-time1.35-dev for regex 'libboost-date-time*'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libboost-date-time-dev: Depends: libboost-dev (= 1.34.1-11ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
  libboost-date-time1.35-dev: Conflicts: libboost-date-time-dev but 1.34.1-11ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
thomas at thomas-desktop:/usr/sbin$ 

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python-simplejson: Depends: python (< 2.5) but 2.5.2-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
thomas at thomas-desktop:/$ 

thomas at thomas-desktop:/$ lsb_release -rd ; uname -a ; apt-cache policy apt-get
Description:	Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release:	8.10
Linux thomas-desktop 2.6.27-1-generic #1 SMP Sat Aug 23 23:20:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
W: Unable to locate package apt-get
thomas at thomas-desktop:/$ lsb_release -rd ; uname -a ; apt-cache policy apt
Description:	Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release:	8.10
Linux thomas-desktop 2.6.27-1-generic #1 SMP Sat Aug 23 23:20:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
apt:
  Installed: 0.7.14ubuntu6
  Candidate: 0.7.14ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.14ubuntu6 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
thomas at thomas-desktop:/$ lsb_release -rd ; uname -a ; apt-cache policy apt gnash gnash-common 
Description:	Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release:	8.10
Linux thomas-desktop 2.6.27-1-generic #1 SMP Sat Aug 23 23:20:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
apt:
  Installed: 0.7.14ubuntu6
  Candidate: 0.7.14ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.14ubuntu6 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnash:
  Installed: 0.8.2-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 0.8.2-2~bpo40+1
  Version table:
     0.8.2-2~bpo40+1 0
        500 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main Packages
 *** 0.8.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu hardy - i386 (2008-08-17 02:58) DVD1]  Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnash-common:
  Installed: 0.8.2-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 0.8.2-2~bpo40+1
  Version table:
     0.8.2-2~bpo40+1 0
        500 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/main Packages
 *** 0.8.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu hardy - i386 (2008-08-17 02:58) DVD1]  Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
thomas at thomas-desktop:/$

** Affects: gnash (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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