Following up on my last post john@john-K53U:~$ sudo apt-get check Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libreoffice-core : Depends: libreoffice-common (> 1:5.1.2) but it is not installed libreoffice-java-common : Depends: libreoffice-common (= 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1) but it is not installed libreoffice-style-elementary : Depends: libreoffice-common (= 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1) but it is not installed libreoffice-style-galaxy : Depends: libreoffice-common (= 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1) but it is not installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. john@john-K53U:~$
john@john-K53U:~$ 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? john@john-K53U:~$ apt-get -f install lyx 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? john@john-K53U:~$ At the moment I cannot even remove Ly and the message (essentially the same as above) seems totally nonsensical. n@john-K53U:~$ sudo apt-get remove lyx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libreoffice-core : Depends: libreoffice-common (> 1:5.1.2) but it is not going to be installed libreoffice-java-common : Depends: libreoffice-common (= 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed libreoffice-style-elementary : Depends: libreoffice-common (= 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed libreoffice-style-galaxy : Depends: libreoffice-common (= 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). john@john-K53U:~$ Any suggestions would gratefully received. On 2 June 2016 at 14:34, John Kane <jrkrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Never seen such a case." > Reminds me of the time the doctor checking the internet when I was seeing > him :) > > john@john-K53U:~$ sudo apt-get check > [sudo] password for john: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > > > Somehow I was expecting something a bit more dramatic. > > Synaptic is reporting 0 broken packages. > > What would you think of burning a new CD of Ubuntu 16.04 and doing a new > clean install? > > On 2 June 2016 at 13:27, Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org> wrote: > >> Am Donnerstag, 2. Juni 2016 um 12:59:39, schrieb John Kane < >> jrkrid...@gmail.com> >> > I was beginning to suspect that. Any suggestions? >> >> No. Never seen such a case. I for one get >> # dpkg -p libqtcore4:amd64 >> Package: libqtcore4 >> Priority: optional >> Section: libs >> Installed-Size: 5053 >> Maintainer: Kubuntu Developers <kubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com> >> Architecture: amd64 >> Multi-Arch: same >> Source: qt4-x11 >> Version: 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1 >> Depends: qtcore4-l10n, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), >> libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) >> Pre-Depends: multiarch-support >> Suggests: libicu48, libthai0 >> Size: 1554504 >> Description: Qt 4 core module >> Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt's primary feature >> is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality. >> . >> The QtCore module contains core non-GUI functionality. >> Homepage: http://qt-project.org/ >> Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers < >> debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org> >> ... >> >> Try to check your packages >> # sudo apt-get check >> or >> # sudo synaptic >> and try to identify broken packages. >> >> Kornel > > > > > -- > John Kane > Kingston ON Canada > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
