wedge with apt-get

Question

I get the following error message

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 fuse-utils : Depends: libfuse2 (= 2.8.4-1.3) but 2.9.2-4 is installed
 gvfs : Depends: gvfs-daemons (>= 1.16.2-2) but it is not installed
        Depends: gvfs-daemons (< 1.16.2-2.1~) but it is not installed
        Depends: gvfs-libs (= 1.16.2-2) but it is not installed
 gvfs-backends : Depends: gvfs (= 1.6.1-0ubuntu1build1) but 1.16.2-2 is installed
 libfuse-dev : Depends: libfuse2 (= 2.8.4-1.3) but 2.9.2-4 is installed
 python-apt : Depends: python (>= 2.7) but 2.6.6-13 is installed

I haven't got a clue how to proceed. Simply removing these packages creates a cascade of pain.

This was marked as a duplicate. I'm pretty sure I tried all of those suggestions. Making forward progress seems to require identifying what package to remove. Removing gvfs, gvfs-backends, libfuse-dev, python-apt all lead to cascading problems.

Under Ubuntu Software tab, enable all the repositories. -- this is a headless server, there is no GUI
sudo apt-get clean -- doesn't help
sudo apt-get -f install -- doesn't help
sudo dpkg --configure -a Then run this again:

sudo apt-get -f install

doesn't help
sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade -- doesn't help
sudo apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes dist-upgrade

--- E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
Disabling a PPA means no more updates for the packages installed from that PPA. To disable a PPA: Open Software Center > Edit > Software Sources Or,

-- again headless server, no gui
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge -- won't run because of existing errors

I'm looking for new suggestions. The standard one's aren't working.

My /etc/apt/sources.list.

visit : http://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies — obysr, May 26 '13 at 21:24
Can you upload your /etc/apt/sources.list as well as all the '*.list' files inside /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ to http://paste.ubuntu.com and include the links in your question? — Eric Carvalho, May 27 '13 at 10:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

This is in your sources.list:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main

You added a Debian repository to Ubuntu. Probably you broke your system very badly.

Adding Debian Sid as Package Repository?

You could try removing those lines, then run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Also, if aptitude is installed, run sudo aptitude and look under "Obsolete and Locally Created Packages". Write down these "obsolete" (packages that doesn't exist in repos) and run:

sudo aptitude reinstall <list of packages>

That list of packages can also be found in synaptic, clicking the "Origin" button then selecting "Local".

But I really think you'll have to reinstall Ubuntu.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 02 '13 at 02:55

I had a similar problem, which i solved by downgrading libfuse so it matched the version libfuse-dev required. For this question it would be:

sudo apt-get install libfuse2=2.8.4-1.3

after that fuse-utils and libfuse-dev should install OK.

the gvfs and python problems are probably to do with using mixed debian and ubuntu repositories - but specifying a version might force apt to get it from the correct repo, which might solve the problem.

wedge with apt-get

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