broke package management (warning long)
Chris Linstid
clinstid at gmail.com
Sun Feb 13 18:29:59 EST 2011
I'm pretty sure that this was broken before you issued your first listed
apt-get install command. It looks like you have a kernel package registered
as installed, but one of the directories it installed,
/lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1, is now gone. You should be able to
track down the package that contained that kernel, reinstall it using "sudo
dpkg -i package.deb" to get the directory back. Re-run "dpkg --configure -a"
to finish configuring the outstanding packages (you might not need to do
that because it may be triggered by the installation of the kernel package)
and then go back to your original apt-get install command.
I'm pretty sure you can figure out which package installed that directory by
running "dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1".
clinstid at obiwan:~$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic-pae
linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic-pae, linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic-pae:
/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic-pae
- Chris
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Lori Nagel <jastiv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> For anyone interested in how I broke my package management in gNewSense (a
> ubuntu derivative)
> read on the terminal commands that I have tried.
> I still do not understand what I did that led to it not working anymore.
>
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-devel
> [sudo] password for jastiv:
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
> correct
> the problem.
>
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --configure
> dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure
> dpkg: --configure needs at least one package name argument
>
> Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
> Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
> Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
> Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
> Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
> Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL)
> [*].
>
> Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or
> `more' !
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --help
> Usage: dpkg [<option> ...] <command>
>
> Commands:
> -i|--install <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive <directory> ...
> --unpack <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive <directory> ...
> -A|--record-avail <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive <directory> ...
> --configure|--triggers-only <package> ... | -a|--pending
> -r|--remove <package> ... | -a|--pending
> -P|--purge <package> ... | -a|--pending
> --get-selections [<pattern> ...] Get list of selections to stdout.
> --set-selections Set package selections from stdin.
> --clear-selections Deselect every non-essential package.
> --update-avail <Packages-file> Replace available packages info.
> --merge-avail <Packages-file> Merge with info from file.
> --clear-avail Erase existing available info.
> --forget-old-unavail Forget uninstalled unavailable pkgs.
> -s|--status <package> ... Display package status details.
> -p|--print-avail <package> ... Display available version details.
> -L|--listfiles <package> ... List files `owned' by package(s).
> -l|--list [<pattern> ...] List packages concisely.
> -S|--search <pattern> ... Find package(s) owning file(s).
> -C|--audit Check for broken package(s).
> --print-architecture Print dpkg architecture.
> --compare-versions <a> <op> <b> Compare version numbers - see below.
> --force-help Show help on forcing.
> -Dh|--debug=help Show help on debugging.
>
> -h|--help Show this help message.
> --version Show the version.
> --license|--licence Show the copyright licensing terms.
>
> Use dpkg -b|--build|-c|--contents|-e|--control|-I|--info|-f|--field|
> -x|--extract|-X|--vextract|--fsys-tarfile on archives (type dpkg-deb
> --help).
>
> For internal use: dpkg --assert-support-predepends | --predep-package |
> --assert-working-epoch | --assert-long-filenames | --assert-multi-conrep.
>
> Options:
> --admindir=<directory> Use <directory> instead of /var/lib/dpkg.
> --root=<directory> Install on a different root directory.
> --instdir=<directory> Change installation dir without changing admin
> dir.
> -O|--selected-only Skip packages not selected for install/upgrade.
> -E|--skip-same-version Skip packages whose same version is installed.
> -G|--refuse-downgrade Skip packages with earlier version than
> installed.
> -B|--auto-deconfigure Install even if it would break some other
> package.
> [--no-]triggers Skip or force consequential trigger processing.
> --no-debsig Do not try to verify package signatures.
> --no-act|--dry-run|--simulate
> Just say what we would do - don't do it.
> -D|--debug=<octal> Enable debugging (see -Dhelp or --debug=help).
> --status-fd <n> Send status change updates to file descriptor
> <n>.
> --log=<filename> Log status changes and actions to <filename>.
> --ignore-depends=<package>,...
> Ignore dependencies involving <package>.
> --force-... Override problems (see --force-help).
> --no-force-...|--refuse-...
> Stop when problems encountered.
> --abort-after <n> Abort after encountering <n> errors.
>
> Comparison operators for --compare-versions are:
> lt le eq ne ge gt (treat empty version as earlier than any version);
> lt-nl le-nl ge-nl gt-nl (treat empty version as later than any version);
> < << <= = >= >> > (only for compatibility with control file syntax).
>
> Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management.
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ apt-get -f install
> E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission
> denied)
> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you
> root?
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get -f install
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
> correct
> the problem.
>
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-devel
> [sudo] password for jastiv:
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
> correct
> the problem.
>
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ man dh_make
> No manual entry for dh_make
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ man dpkg
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --configure -a
> dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> [sudo] password for jastiv:
> Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85eubuntu36) ...
> update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
>
> Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ lspci | grep -i vga
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 06e4
> (rev
> a1)
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> [sudo] password for jastiv:
> Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85eubuntu36) ...
> update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
>
> Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get -f install
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
> correct
> the problem.
>
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get -f install
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
> correct
> the problem.
>
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ tail /var/log/dpkg.log
> 2011-01-26 21:39:56 status triggers-pending initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36
> 2011-01-26 21:39:56 trigproc initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36 0.85eubuntu36
> 2011-01-26 21:39:56 status half-configured initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36
> 2011-01-26 21:56:26 startup packages configure
> 2011-01-26 21:56:26 configure initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36 0.85eubuntu36
> 2011-01-26 21:56:26 status half-configured initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36
> 2011-01-26 21:56:26 status installed initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36
> 2011-01-26 21:56:26 status triggers-pending initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36
> 2011-01-26 21:56:26 trigproc initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36 0.85eubuntu36
> 2011-01-26 21:56:26 status half-configured initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$
>
>
>
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