Thanks Alan, That looks like a good way to approach this. I will give that a spin.
73, Dave KU4B On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 18:51 -0500, Allen Minix wrote: > > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:42 PM, David R. Wilson <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hello Alan, > > I was somewhat hesitant to rock that boat until I had the > chance to back > everything up before blowing up the box. > > Dave > KU4B > > > On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 18:35 -0500, Allen Minix wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:11 PM, David R. Wilson > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi guys (and gals), > > > > Without upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04.1 I am trying to > update > > 12.04.1 > > Ubuntu. I have an error from the package manager: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > > > libreoffice: Depends: libreoffice-core (= > > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1) but > > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is installed > > libreoffice-base: Depends: libreoffice-base-core (= > > 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is > > installed > > Depends: libreoffice-base-drivers > (= > > 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is > > installed > > Depends: libreoffice-core (= > > 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is > > installed > > libreoffice-base-drivers: libreoffice-core: > > > > I have tried > > apt-get remove -f libreoffice > > and > > apt-get install -f > > and > > apt-get install -f libreoffice > > > > > > I have also tried fixing packages with Synaptic and > all seem > > to fail > > with unmet dependencies. > > > > Any good ideas? If I had a big USB drive I would > backup the > > system and > > try the upgrade, but at the moment I don't. > > > > Dave > > > > > > Dave - > > > > > > Have you tried apt-get dselect-upgrade or upgrading through > aptitude? > > I have had situations like this where either of the two > would give > > some useful info due to slightly different package > install/upgrade > > candidates. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Allen Minix / KM4DCZ > > > > > > > > Check out my blog! - http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com > > > -- > > > > Understood... --dry-run will just print the the proposed changes. I > get a bit gun shy when I don't have a good backout option as well, so > I know exactly where you're coming from. > > > > -- > Allen Minix / KM4DCZ > > > > Check out my blog! - http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
