problems with 10.04 upgrade to 12.04

[Marius Gedminas]

It's a bit hard to keep track of this thread.  AFAIU at the moment
you've solved the lxdm problem, but the suggested workarounds for the
'python-minimal preconfiguration failed' do not work.

On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 11:33:49AM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
> > # apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f apt python-minimal
> >   update-manager-core: Depends: python2.7 but it is not going to be installed
> >                        Depends: python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2) but 2.6.5-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
> >   vim-gnome: Depends: vim-gui-common (= 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1) but 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3 is to be installed
> >              Depends: vim-common (= 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1) but 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3 is to be installed
> >              Depends: vim-runtime (= 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1) but 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3 is to be installed
> >              Depends: libperl5.14 (>= 5.14.2) but it is not going to be installed
> >              Depends: libpython2.7 (>= 2.7) but it is not going to be installed
> >              Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.7.352) but 1.8.7.249-2ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
> >              Depends: tcl8.5 (>= 8.5.0) but it is not going to be installed
> > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

*scratches head*

*grasps straws*

What's the content of your /etc/apt/sources.list?  It should be
mentioning 'precise', not 'lucid'.

Can you try

  apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f apt python-minimal update-manager-core vim-gnome

or

  apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f apt python-minimal python2.7 libpython2.7 libperl5.14 tcl8.5

?

It'll most likely fail with an slightly different error message, but
maybe we'll discover (eventually) why apt fails to resolve the
dependencies.

> > And what other suggestions in that bug report did you try & what
> > happened after you tried them?
> 
> I haven't tried changing repositories. I have tried running apt-get in
> many variations. I've tried running dpkg --configure -a a couple of
> times and the logs are attached to the bug report. I tried running
> apport but it won't run. I think the safest path now is to work with
> current evidence - I'll run any command you like and post the log.
> 
> It seems to be some dependency problem. I'm not skilled enough to
> identify the root cause of that, or to know what commands I can use to
> recover from it.

Marius Gedminas
-- 
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