Apt-get error involving e2fslibs / e2fsprogs

[Tekneek]

I am not sure what happened to bring this about, but now I cannot use apt-get to update anything. There is a version conflict with a package... Here is what I can get out of apt-get:

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$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  e2fsprogs: PreDepends: e2fslibs (= 1.37-2sarge1) but 1.38-2 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  e2fsprogs
Suggested packages:
  gpart parted e2fsck-static
The following packages will be upgraded:
  e2fsprogs
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 68 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/526kB of archives.
After unpacking 49.2kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Setting up e2fslibs (1.38-2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs.postinst: line 6:  7793 Illegal instruction     ldconfig
dpkg: error processing e2fslibs (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 132
Errors were encountered while processing:
 e2fslibs
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

$ sudo dpkg --configure e2fslibs
Setting up e2fslibs (1.38-2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs.postinst: line 6:  7798 Illegal instruction     ldconfig
dpkg: error processing e2fslibs (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 132
Errors were encountered while processing:
 e2fslibs

Any ideas on a fix for this?

[Zimpee]

Hello!!!
I have the same problem, it offers to remove e2fsprogs, so i can install the others. well, when i did it, i couldn't restart, boot or anything.

Ideas???

Thanks: zimpee

[calbasi]

I had it a week ago (when I upgrade X.org, etc.). I must to delete this package (forced) and then all is all right. You could delete it from the console (with forced options) and then reinstall it...

Regards and good luck

[EarthBound]

Here is the fix for your problem.............

open a console and type

apt-get -u -o APT::Force-LoopBreak=1

Shold cure your e2fsprogs problem.
Glenn

[gauri]

Hi All,

I am new user of Debian. For me the same problem with e2fsprog. So i tried
apt-get -u -o APT::Force-LoopBreak=1

but for me the command itself it not working. It is telling the full list of the usge of this command

Thanks & Regards
Gauri Agrawal

[gauri]

I checked i dont have apt.conf file...is the error because of that..

[geoffb]

I checked i dont have apt.conf file...is the error because of that..

I don't have an apt.conf file, and apt works fine for me.

$ ls /etc/apt/
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
$ whereis apt-get

What do you get?

[Guest]

I checked i dont have apt.conf file...is the error because of that..

I don't have an apt.conf file, and apt works fine for me.

$ ls /etc/apt/
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
$ whereis apt-get

What do you get?

source.list is as


#deb file:://cdrom /sarge main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing-Sarge - Official Snapshot i386 Binary -1(20041121]) unstable main

deb http://security.debian.org//testing/ upgrading main contrib
deb http://http.iitm.ac.in/Debian testing main

[geoffb]

I checked i dont have apt.conf file...is the error because of that..

I don't have an apt.conf file, and apt works fine for me.

$ ls /etc/apt/
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
$ whereis apt-get

What do you get?

source.list is as


#deb file:://cdrom /sarge main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing-Sarge - Official Snapshot i386 Binary -1(20041121]) unstable main

deb http://security.debian.org//testing/ upgrading main contrib
deb http://http.iitm.ac.in/Debian testing main

Try commenting out all of those lines (put a # in front of them) or make a backup of sources.list, and then add this:

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deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free

Read this document before committing to these changes (i.e. you might not want non-free software), then save sources.list.

Run apt-get update. Hopefully, that occurs without problems.

Now try apt-get again.

[Guest]

Thanks for the prompt reply and i have done what you sugessted but still the command is not working.

Thanks & Regards
Gauri Agrawal

I don't have an apt.conf file, and apt works fine for me.

$ ls /etc/apt/
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
$ whereis apt-get

What do you get?

source.list is as


#deb file:://cdrom /sarge main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing-Sarge - Official Snapshot i386 Binary -1(20041121]) unstable main

deb http://security.debian.org//testing/ upgrading main contrib
deb http://http.iitm.ac.in/Debian testing main

Try commenting out all of those lines (put a # in front of them) or make a backup of sources.list, and then add this:

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deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free

Read this document before committing to these changes (i.e. you might not want non-free software), then save sources.list.

Run apt-get update. Hopefully, that occurs without problems.

Now try apt-get again.

[Guest]

Hi,

I tried this also
apt-get -f install
dpkg --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/e2fsprogs.*.deb

but it is giving unknow option overwrite...so i feel it is not recognizing the options. should i reinstall debian or apt-get....

Plz help me out.

Thanks & Regards
Gauri Agrawal

[Jeroen]

You're running testing -- probably because you installed sarge at the time it wasn't released yet -- are you sure you want that? Testing is in flux and can break once in a while, stable (sarge) is must safer...

[Jeroen]

Anyway, reinstalling won't really help, for dpkg you didn't give the right option, you were missing a -i or --install. Also the apt-get command was bogus, it didn't list a command for apt to run.

Anyway, the illegal instruction thingy is weird, and shows some serious error somewhere. Try running:

ldconfig

and if that works, try again apt-get -f install. If it doesn't work, try as root first 'echo > /var/lib/dpkg/info/e2fslibs.postinst', and try again apt-get -f install. That should work.