Unable to use apt-get (loop)

Forum: HD Install
Topic: Unable to use apt-get (loop)
started by: Elv13

Posted by Elv13 on May 01 2006,00:30

hi, if i try tu use apt-get, i get almost always the same error

E:Instalation willv temporarelly requierd to remove essential package e2fsprogs due to a loop. Please add APT:loop.... in apt-conf (btw it dident worked)
E: internal error, can not early remove e2fsprogs

when i try apt-get upgrade e2fsprogs (or normal apt-get upgrade or apt-get install makedev) i get E: makedev command not found

this is a fresh install on a amd k6-2 OC at 200mhz
I downloaded current.iso today

any idea?

Posted by pr0f3550r on May 02 2006,18:41

Try running dselect and change source to, say, testing, and updating the sources and see if that changes something.

Sometimes "apt-get -f install" may help.

Posted by Elv13 on Oct. 22 2006,04:41

i just finnish to repair this computer. I still have the same error

1. i enable apt
2. i add deb < http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > testing main non-free contrib and remove the old one
3. apt-get update
4. apt-get install synaptic

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Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
synaptic: Depends: libapt-inst-libc6.3-6-1.1
Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3.11
Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0) but 2.2.1-3 is to be installed
Depends: libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.5.1) but it is not going to be installe d
Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.12.3) but it is not going to be install ed
Depends: libvte4 (>= 1:0.12.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libx11-6 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxcursor1 (> 1.1.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxext6 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxfixes3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxi6 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxinerama1 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxrandr2 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxrender1 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
root@box:/home/dsl#

whats wrong!!!

Posted by Juanito on Oct. 22 2006,06:57

I had a problem like this in with DSL-N. Since (I believe) DSL is based on Debian oldstable then maybe the best thing is to check that /etc/apt/sources.list points to oldstable, then try:

apt-get update
apt-get install debconf
apt-get -o APT::Force-LoopBreak=true install perl
apt-get install apt-utils

and see if that fixes the problem.

Posted by Elv13 on Oct. 22 2006,17:49

(Reading database ... 14413 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.10.10 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.13.22_i386.deb) ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault.
root@box:/home/dsl#

it is the same for every package, i use force, but italways do that.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Oct. 23 2006,13:39

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4. apt-get install synaptic

See myDSL.

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Preparing to replace dpkg 1.10.10 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.13.22_i386.deb) ...

I wouldn't recommend replacing it...