On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]>
wrote:

> As a matter of principle, I generally run apt-get update, apt-get upgrade,
> and apt-get dist-upgrade regularly.
>
> Andy
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>

Likewise here.  Keeps things like this from happening nearly as often.

-- 
Allen Minix / KM4DCZ

Check out my blog! - http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com

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