[tlug] Halfway between Dapper and Edgy

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

TLUG,

For various reasons, I wanted to upgrade from Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) to 
Edgy (6.10). According to this official site:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades

... Edgy Eft is the "current stable version". So I felt confident that 
this should be a safe move.

I used this method to do the upgrade:

gksu "update-manager -c"

However, long story short, there was one error in installing X11R6 that 
held up the installation. I got help off the Ubuntu mailing list to get 
past that error, but then when I tried to continue the install process, 
it halts on a whole bunch of "broken packages".

Attempting to fix the broken packages either in Synaptic or with apt-get 
results in an error that says it can't because of dependencies. Which, I 
must admit, seems ironic in that it's telling me it can't fix broken 
packages because they're broken.

Anyway, I've noticed that things like fonts and window styles have 
changed to a sort of clunky looking setting, and that some applications 
(Well, just Xine actually) aren't working, and that basically my system 
has been affected by this process.

I fear that I've got a half installation of Edgy, and if I reboot, it 
will die. At the same time, it seems risky to keep using it while it's 
in this state as well.

I've reported all this on the Ubuntu list, of course, but I'm a little 
anxious to either rollback to Dapper or finish the upgrade to Edgy (I 
was advised that it would be safer to complete the upgrade than try to 
go back). So I thought I would say something here too, in hopes of 
quickly getting a response and hopefully a resolution.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Here is the error output I've encountered:

Dependancy errors:
dave@example.com:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
blender: Depends: libavcodec0d (>= 0.cvs20060823) but it is not installed
Depends: libavformat0d (>= 0.cvs20060823) but it is not installed
Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but 1.2.9-0.0ubuntu2 is installed
ecj-bootstrap-gcj: Depends: libgcj-bc (>= 4.1) but it is not installed
Depends: libgcj7-0 (>= 4.1.1-12) but it is not installed
gcj-4.1: Depends: gcc-4.1 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not installed
Depends: libgcj7-0 (>= 4.1.1-12) but it is not installed
gij-4.1: Depends: libgcj7-0 (= 4.1.1-14ubuntu7) but it is not installed
Depends: libgcj7-0 (>= 4.1.1-12) but it is not installed
gstreamer0.10-gl: Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.10)
but 0.10.7-0ubuntu5 is installed
Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.10) but 0.10.6-0ubuntu2 is installed
java-gcj-compat-dev: Depends: gjdoc (>= 0.7.7-2build1) but
0.7.7-1ubuntu2 is installed
Depends: gappletviewer-4.1 but it is not installed
kcontrol: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.3-1) but 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.1 is
installed
Depends: libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12) but 2:0.1.10a-22ubuntu1 is installed
kdesktop: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.3-1) but 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.1 is
installed
Depends: kdebase-bin (= 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.2) but 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu27 is
installed
kicker: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.3-1) but 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.1 is
installed
konqueror: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.3-1) but 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.1
is installed
Depends: kdebase-kio-plugins (= 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.2) but
4:3.5.2-0ubuntu27 is installed
Depends: kfind (= 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.2) but 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu27 is installed
libfontconfig1-dev: Depends: libfontconfig1 (= 2.3.2-7ubuntu2) but
2.3.2-1.1ubuntu12 is installed
libgcj7-awt: Depends: libgcj7-0 (= 4.1.1-14ubuntu7) but it is not installed
libgcj7-dev: Depends: libgcj-bc but it is not installed
Depends: libgcj7-0 (>= 4.1.1-12) but it is not installed
libgcj7-jar: Depends: libgcj7-0 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not installed
libgl1-mesa-dev: Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx (= 6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3)
but it is not installed
libgl1-mesa-dri: Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx (= 6.5.1~20060817-0ubuntu3)
but it is not installed
libkonq4: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.3-1) but 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18.1 is
installed
libwxgtk2.6-0: Depends: libwxbase2.6-0 (>= 2.6.3.2.1.5) but it is not
installed
libxine-main1: Depends: libxine1 but it is not installed
mythdvd: Depends: mythtv-common (>= 0.20-0.0ubuntu1) but 0.19-5 is installed
Depends: libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3) but 0.5.1-1 is installed
Depends: libjack0.100.0-0 (>= 0.101.1) but 0.100.0-4 is installed
Depends: libmyth-0.20 but it is not installed
mythtv: Depends: mythtv-database (= 0.20-0.2ubuntu2) but 0.19-5 is installed
mythtv-backend: Depends: mythtv-common (= 0.20-0.2ubuntu2) but 0.19-5 is
installed
Depends: libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3) but 0.5.1-1 is installed
Depends: libjack0.100.0-0 (>= 0.101.1) but 0.100.0-4 is installed
Depends: libmyth-0.20 but it is not installed
mythtv-frontend: Depends: mythtv-common (= 0.20-0.2ubuntu2) but 0.19-5
is installed
Depends: libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3) but 0.5.1-1 is installed
Depends: libjack0.100.0-0 (>= 0.101.1) but 0.100.0-4 is installed
Depends: libmyth-0.20 but it is not installed
openoffice.org-core: Depends: openoffice.org-common (> 2.0.4~rc3) but
2.0.2-2ubuntu12.2 is installed
Depends: libcurl3 (>= 7.15.4-1) but 7.15.1-1ubuntu2 is installed
Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.10) but
0.10.7-0ubuntu5 is installed
Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.10) but 0.10.6-0ubuntu2 is installed
Depends: libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.17) but 1.1.15-1ubuntu1 is installed
openoffice.org-gtk: Depends: openoffice.org-style-industrial but it is
not installed
sun-java5-plugin: Depends: sun-java5-bin (= 1.5.0-08-0ubuntu1) but
1.5.0-06-1 is installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies
dave@example.com:~$

Installation errors (truncated to show only the parts reporting problems):

Unpacking replacement mythtv-frontend ...
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/mythlcdserver', which is also in package
mythtv-lcdserver
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv-frontend:
mythtv-frontend depends on mythtv-common (= 0.20-0.2ubuntu2); however:
Version of mythtv-common on system is 0.19-5.
mythtv-frontend depends on libartsc0 (>= 1.5.0-1); however:
Package libartsc0 is not configured yet.
mythtv-frontend depends on libasound2 (>> 1.0.11); however:
Package libasound2 is not configured yet.
mythtv-frontend depends on libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3); however:
Version of libavc1394-0 on system is 0.5.1-1.
mythtv-frontend depends on libglu1-mesa | libglu1; however:
Package libglu1-mesa is not configured yet.
Package libglu1 is not installed.
Package libglu1-mesa which provides libglu1 is not configured yet.
mythtv-frontend depends on libjack0.100.0-0 (>= 0.101.1); however:
Version of libjack0.100.0-0 on system is 0.100.0-4.
mythtv-frontend depends on libmyth-0.20; however:
Package libmyth-0.20 is not installed.
mythtv-frontend depends on libx11-6; however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
mythtv-frontend depends on libxext6; however:
Package libxext6 is not configured yet.
mythtv-frontend depends on libxinerama1; however:
Package libxinerama1 is not configured yet.
mythtv-frontend depends on libxrandr2; however:
Package libxrandr2 is not configured yet.
mythtv-frontend depends on adduser; however:
Package adduser is not configured yet.
mythtv-frontend depends on debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0; however:
Package debconf is not configured yet.
Package debconf-2.0 is not installed.
Package debconf which provides debconf-2.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mythtv-frontend (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mythtv-frontend

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Dave M G
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