Software updates fail

[trinidad]

This package seems messed up. Error has been occurring since 7/25. Seems across all Ubuntu mesa. Most derivatives including Mint, XUbu etc. report no solution. Should be left out of updates until solved.

I haven't had any problems with it 64 or 32 and I allow pre-release updates repo. Can't remember if that's defualt for LL updates or not.

Perhaps this particular questioner should disable pre-release and run update again.

TC

[bigskill]

[ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list] ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
[xorg-edgers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list] ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
[google.list] deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
[getdeb.list] deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb apps
[otto-kesselgulasch-ubuntu-gimp-xenial.list] ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
[linuxlite.list] deb http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite/ citrine main
[nemh-ubuntu-systemback-xenial.list] ppa:nemh/systemback
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main universe restricted multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates universe main multiverse restricted

[bigskill]

pre release is unchecked in software and updates / developer options

[smhardesty]

Hey there, bigskill. I'm going to jump in and help you a bit. I think you're having some trouble understanding and following what the guys are saying and doing. It can definitely be confusing if you're new to it.

The last message trinidad gave was that the package that is giving you problems is broken in some way. That's not saying you broke it or that it's only a problem you are having. It seems that it is broken at the Ubuntu level and all derivatives are seeing the same problem. A derivative is any Linux distribution that is based in some way on Ubuntu, so Linux Mint, Xubuntu, Linux Lite, etc, etc are all having the problem. He offered a possible solution of disabling pre-release and running update again.

At that point I'm going to stop and let one of the more experienced team members offer the steps to do that. Hopefully my explanation helped you understand. I can tell you that you don't really have a serious problem at this point. Relax and take a nice, deep breath. Your installation of LL is fine.  8)

[trinidad]

Okay. If you are running a basically unmodified LL 3.4, and your update hung on this particular mesa bit with pre-release disabled you could try updating again with it enabled. Some of the lib in this particular piece of mesa seem to still be in the development section of Ubuntu 17 and that may be the problem. Not sure what the rush is with this (why unstable was included with security updates) but it seems to be causing broad problems across Ubu based distros.

0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1  Google this for more info about problems. I'd bet on the Mint guys solving it pretty quick.

TC

[rokytnji]

Code:

sudo apt-get --fix-missing install

or

Code:

sudo apt-get -f install

or

Code:

sudo apt-get --fix-broken install

are some things you can try to get you out of this mess I guess. Unless a corrupted package is sitting in

Code:

harry@misohorny1:~$ cd /var/cache/apt/archives
harry@misohorny1:/var/cache/apt/archives$ ls
apparmor_2.10.95-0ubuntu2.6~14.04.1_i386.deb
autotools-dev_20130810.1_all.deb
bash_4.3-7ubuntu1.7_i386.deb
< snipped off for space saving>
vlc-plugin-pulse_2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.3_i386.deb
xserver-common_2%3a1.15.1-0ubuntu2.9_all.deb
xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.15.1-0ubuntu2.9_i386.deb
harry@misohorny1:/var/cache/apt/archives$

[trinidad]

[xorg-edgers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list] ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa      This is the problem child.

https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/xorg-edgers    May need to purge and downgrade packages now before updating.

TC

[bigskill]

OK,  what I am getting is, there is nothing I can do, wait until it is fixed in updates.

I tried the fix in link above, I tried using libdrm-common as the package, got the same error.

I guess I will wait awhile.

[Valtam]

We need to see the output of the commands you're asked to run. Please do this for post #15. (the first 3 commands only) Thank you.

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[bigskill]

l@al-3000-N100:~$ sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
[sudo] password for al:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 39 not upgraded.
al@al-3000-N100:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 39 not upgraded.
al@al-3000-N100:~$ sudo apt-get --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 39 not upgraded.
al@al-3000-N100:~$