Not root but I was running with sudo My remove command was sudo apt-get remove lyx \
On 4 June 2016 at 13:00, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 6:25 PM, John Kane <jrkrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > > Are you root? These should be run under root or with sudo. > > Liviu > > > > > 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 > > > > -- > Do you think you know what math is? > http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02 > Or what it means to be intelligent? > http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30 > Think again: > http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
