Public bug reported: >From smattheis https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/229 carrying over to LP
I'm having serious difficulties to install updates, i.e., apt-get upgrade fails and I'm not able to fix it with aptitude: $ sudo apt-get update Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/3152/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Reading package lists... Done $ sudo apt-get upgrade 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: open-vm-tools-desktop : Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa1) but 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa2 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. $ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-4.4.0-109 linux-headers-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop Suggested packages: cloud-init The following NEW packages will be installed: open-vm-tools The following packages will be upgraded: open-vm-tools-desktop 1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/667 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,140 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools-desktop. (Reading database ... 440087 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../open-vm-tools-desktop_2%3a10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa2_amd64.deb ... Failed to stop run-vmblock-fuse.mount: Unit run-vmblock-fuse.mount not loaded. dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 5 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... Failed to stop run-vmblock-fuse.mount: Unit run-vmblock-fuse.mount not loaded. dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/open-vm-tools-desktop_2%3a10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa2_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 5 /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: unable to read run-vmblock-fuse.mount Failed to get unit file state for run-vmblock-fuse.mount: No such file or directory run-vmblock-fuse.mount is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools. Preparing to unpack .../open-vm-tools_2%3a10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ... Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/open-vm-tools-desktop_2%3a10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa2_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) $ sudo apt-get purge open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools-dkms Now, open-vm-tools is uninstalled but open-vm-tools-desktop is installed. I cannot install, upgrade, or uninstall anything. Plus none of the services for the VM is working because open-vm-tools is uninstalled. ** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751016 Title: upgrade from ppa failed while testing 3152 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1751016/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
