David, Research apt-get dist-upgrade. Read the man page and this article...
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/apt-get-question-dist-upgrade-vs-upgrade-219920/ Andy On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:00 PM, David R. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- -- 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.
