(Solved)You have retained broken packages
Posted: 2021-09-16 00:27
Hello. This is what happened to me when installing Gnome 40 on Debian 11 Bullseye stable. In the "Software" application, once it is opened, if I click on a category, it closes and in Synaptic there are no broken packages. I have reinstalled the system once and the same thing happens.
quique @ debian-11: ~ $ sudo apt remove -t experimental gjs gnome-backgrounds gnome-control-center gnome-session gnome-shell mutter gnome-applets
[sudo] password for quique:
Reading package list ... Done
Creating dependency tree ... Done
Reading status information ... Done
The "gjs" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-backgrounds" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-control-center" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-session" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-shell" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "mutter" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-applets" package is not installed, it will not be removed
0 updated, 0 new will be installed, 0 to remove, and 298 not updated.
quique @ debian-11: ~ $ sudo apt install -t experimental gnome-applets
Reading package list ... Done
Creating dependency tree ... Done
Reading status information ... Done
Do not can instal some pack. This may mean that
you asked for an impossible situation or, if you are using the distribution
unstable, that some required packages have not yet been created or are
They have taken from "Incoming."
The following information can help resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnome-applets: Depends: gnome-panel (> = 3.10) but it won't install
Depends: libgnome-panel0 (> = 3.41.1) but it won't install
Depends: libtracker-sparql-3.0-0 (> = 3.1.1) but not installable
E: Problems could not be corrected, you have retained broken packages.
I leave information from the sources:
quique@debian-11:~$ LC_ALL=C apt policy
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now
1 http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug experimental-debug/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=experimental-debug,n=rc-buggy-debug,l=Debian
debug,c=main,b=i386 origin deb.debian.org
1 http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug bullseye-debug/contrib i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable-debug,n=bullseye-debug,l=Debian debug,c=contrib,b=i386 origin deb.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug bullseye-debug/main i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable-debug,n=bullseye-debug,l=Debian debug,c=main,b=i386 origin deb.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/non-free i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/contrib i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/main i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin ftp.de.debian.org
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/contrib i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin ftp.de.debian.org
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/main i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin ftp.de.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/contrib i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
Pinned packages:
All the best.
Thanks.
quique @ debian-11: ~ $ sudo apt remove -t experimental gjs gnome-backgrounds gnome-control-center gnome-session gnome-shell mutter gnome-applets
[sudo] password for quique:
Reading package list ... Done
Creating dependency tree ... Done
Reading status information ... Done
The "gjs" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-backgrounds" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-control-center" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-session" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-shell" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "mutter" package is not installed, it will not be removed
The "gnome-applets" package is not installed, it will not be removed
0 updated, 0 new will be installed, 0 to remove, and 298 not updated.
quique @ debian-11: ~ $ sudo apt install -t experimental gnome-applets
Reading package list ... Done
Creating dependency tree ... Done
Reading status information ... Done
Do not can instal some pack. This may mean that
you asked for an impossible situation or, if you are using the distribution
unstable, that some required packages have not yet been created or are
They have taken from "Incoming."
The following information can help resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnome-applets: Depends: gnome-panel (> = 3.10) but it won't install
Depends: libgnome-panel0 (> = 3.41.1) but it won't install
Depends: libtracker-sparql-3.0-0 (> = 3.1.1) but not installable
E: Problems could not be corrected, you have retained broken packages.
I leave information from the sources:
quique@debian-11:~$ LC_ALL=C apt policy
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now
1 http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug experimental-debug/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=experimental-debug,n=rc-buggy-debug,l=Debian
debug,c=main,b=i386 origin deb.debian.org
1 http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug bullseye-debug/contrib i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable-debug,n=bullseye-debug,l=Debian debug,c=contrib,b=i386 origin deb.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug bullseye-debug/main i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable-debug,n=bullseye-debug,l=Debian debug,c=main,b=i386 origin deb.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/non-free i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/contrib i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable/main i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin ftp.debian.org
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin ftp.de.debian.org
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/contrib i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin ftp.de.debian.org
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/main i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin ftp.de.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/contrib i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main i386 Packages
release v=11.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=bullseye,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
Pinned packages:
All the best.
Thanks.