Could not calculate the upgrade -- Error Message (While doing Manual Update)

[Jatin Davey]

NoOp wrote:
> On 12/19/2009 08:56 AM, Jatin Davey wrote:
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>> Steve wrote:
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>>> Try sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, answer no and post the error messages, if  
>>> any.
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>> Hi Steve
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>> As you said i issued the following command : sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>> Got the following message : "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 156 to 
>> remove and 0 not upgraded." , Gave the option as "no" and did not 
>> receive any error message. Pasting the entire snippet :
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>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 156 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> After this operation, 433MB disk space will be freed.
>> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
>> Abort.
>> jatin at jatin-laptop:~$
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> Go ahead and do the 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' then do
> sudo apt-get update
> (note don't do the 'sudo apt-get upgrade' just yet)
> Then use the update manager & click 'Check'. Let us know what it does.
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Hi Noop

You have asked me to do the following:

1. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (It is asking me to remove 156 packages to 
be removed. Should i select "yes" for it)

I tried no for the above step and then gave sudo apt-get update but 
still the problem persists.

Thanks
Jatin