Upgrade problem with qdbus.

[bsniadajewski]

Ihave run into a little problem updating my precise install here. Here is the output when I use apt-get -f install (I tried it using Muon, It was a no-go)

bsniadajewski@bsniadajewski-kubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libqt4-help libqt4-qt3support libqt4-scripttools libqt4-test qdbus
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libqt4-help libqt4-qt3support libqt4-scripttools libqt4-test qdbus
5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
7 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,531 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt4-help:
 libqt4-help depends on libqt4-network (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-network on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-help depends on libqt4-sql (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-sql on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-help depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-help depends on libqtgui4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtgui4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
dpkg: error processing libqt4-help (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt4-qt3support:
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqt4-designer (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-designer on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqt4-network (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-network on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqt4-sql (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-sql on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqt4-xml (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-xml on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqtgui4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtgui4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
dpkg: error processing libqt4-qt3support (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt4-scrNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                                                                                       ipttools:
 libqt4-scripttools depends on libqt4-script (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-script on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-scripttools depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-scripttools depends on libqtgui4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtgui4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
dpkg: error processing libqt4-scripttools (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt4-test:
 libqt4-test depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          dpkg: error processing libqt4-test (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkde3support4:
 libkde3support4 depends on libqt4-qt3support (>= 4:4.7.0); however:
  Package libqt4-qt3support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkde3support4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs5-plugins:
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkde3support4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Package libkde3support4 is not configured yet.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libqt4-qt3support (>= 4:4.7.0); however:
  Package libqt4-qt3support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kdelibs5-plugins (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qdbus:
 qdbus depends on libqt4-dbus (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-dbus on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 qdbus depends on libqt4-xml (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-xml on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 qdbus depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
dpkg: error processing qdbus (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 libqt4-help
 libqt4-qt3support
 libqt4-scripttools
 libqt4-test
 libkde3support4
 kdelibs5-plugins
 qdbus
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ANy possible solutions here short of reinstall?

[SecretCode]

Have you updated and upgraded?

Possible solutions ... you could try aptitude although that's often more fussy than apt-get.

You could wait ... I'm not sure but it looks like some of those packages are depending on exact versions of other packages instead of minimum versions; maybe the packagers will sort this out. I think this sometimes happens with pre-release, um, releases. (A wild guess is that qdbus and libqt4-help and so on ought to have versions "4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8" with dependencies on the packages you already have at that version).

[bsniadajewski]

(A wild guess is that qdbus and libqt4-help and so on ought to have versions "4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8" with dependencies on the packages you already have at that version).

I was thinking , that they (the packagers) forget to fix the dependencies for all the libqt4-* debs. I will wait for the fix to come through, whether it comes in the 4.8.1 bugfix or not, unless there is another package I need (I found I needed python-xkit to fix my nvidia driver problem.)

[bsniadajewski]

Now I am having trouble with more packages not upgrading. Take a look at the output of "sudo apt-get -f install" here

bsniadajewski@bsniadajewski-kubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  kde-workspace-bin kdelibs5-plugins libkde3support4 libqt4-help libqt4-qt3support libqt4-scripttools libqt4-test qdbus
Suggested packages:
  plasma-scriptengines
The following packages will be upgraded:
  kde-workspace-bin kdelibs5-plugins libkde3support4 libqt4-help libqt4-qt3support libqt4-scripttools libqt4-test qdbus
8 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
8 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/4,894 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used.
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt4-help:
 libqt4-help depends on libqt4-network (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-network on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-help depends on libqt4-sql (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-sql on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-help depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-help depends on libqtgui4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtgui4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
dpkg: error processing libqt4-help (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt4-qt3support:
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqt4-designer (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-designer on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqt4-network (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-network on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqt4-sql (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-sql on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqt4-xml (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-xml on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 libqt4-qt3support deNo apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                                   No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
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    pends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:                                                                                                                                                     
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.                                                                                                                                                     
 libqt4-qt3support depends on libqtgui4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:                                                                                                                                     
  Version of libqtgui4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.                                                                                                                                                      
dpkg: error processing libqt4-qt3support (--configure):                                                                                                                                                    
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                                                                                                                                                                
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt4-scripttools:                                                                                                                                     
 libqt4-scripttools depends on libqt4-script (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:                                                                                                                                
  Version of libqt4-script on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.                                                                                                                                                  
 libqt4-scripttools depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:                                                                                                                                   
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.                                                                                                                                                     
 libqt4-scripttools depends on libqtgui4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:                                                                                                                                    
  Version of libqtgui4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.                                                                                                                                                      
dpkg: error processing libqt4-scripttools (--configure):                                                                                                                                                   
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured                                                                                                                                                                
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt4-test:                                                                                                                                            
 libqt4-test depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntuNo apport report written because MaxReports is reached already                                                                                        
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                                    6); however:
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
dpkg: error processing libqt4-test (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qdbus:
 qdbus depends on libqt4-dbus (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-dbus on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 qdbus depends on libqt4-xml (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqt4-xml on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
 qdbus depends on libqtcore4 (= 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu6); however:
  Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu8.
dpkg: error processing qdbus (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-workspace-bin:
 kde-workspace-bin depends on libkephal4abi1 (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of libkephal4abi1 on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on libkscreensaver5 (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of libkscreensaver5 on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kdNo apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                                                                               e-workspace-bin depends on libkworkspace4abi1 (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of libkworkspace4abi1 on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on libplasmagenericshell4 (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of libplasmagenericshell4 on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on libprocesscore4abi1 (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of libprocesscore4abi1 on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on libprocessui4a (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of libprocessui4a on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on libsolidcontrol4abi2 (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of libsolidcontrol4abi2 on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on libsolidcontrolifaces4abi2 (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of libsolidcontrolifaces4abi2 on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on plasma-desktop (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5) | plasma-netbook (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of plasma-desktop on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
  Package plasma-netbook is not installed.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on kde-workspace-data (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of kde-workspace-data on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins (= 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu5); however:
  Version of kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins on system is 4:4.8.0b-0ubuntu6.
 kde-workspace-bin depends on qdbus; however:
  Package qdbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kde-workspace-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkde3support4:
 libkde3support4 depends on libkdecore5 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkdecore5 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 libkde3support4 depends on libkdeui5 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkdeui5 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 libkde3support4 depends on libkio5 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkio5 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 libkde3support4 depends on libkparts4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkparts4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 libkde3support4 depends on libkpty4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkpty4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 libkde3support4 depends on libqt4-qt3support (>= 4:4.7.0); however:
  Package libqt4-qt3support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkde3support4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs5-plugins:
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkde3support4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Package libkde3support4 is not configured yet.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkdecore5 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkdecore5 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkdeui5 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkdeui5 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkdewebkit5 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkdewebkit5 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkemoticons4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkemoticons4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkfile4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkfile4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkhtml5 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkhtml5 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkio5 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkio5 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkjsapi4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkjsapi4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkjsembed4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkjsembed4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkntlm4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkntlm4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkparts4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkparts4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libkrosscore4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libkrosscore4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libqt4-qt3support (>= 4:4.7.0); however:
  Package libqt4-qt3support is not configured yet.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on libsolid4 (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libsolid4 on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on kdelibs5-data (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of kdelibs5-data on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on kdoctools (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of kdoctools on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
 kdelibs5-plugins depends on kdelibs-bin (= 4:4.8.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Version of kdelibs-bin on system is 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu1.
dpkg: error processing kdelibs5-plugins (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libqt4-help
 libqt4-qt3support
 libqt4-scripttools
 libqt4-test
 qdbus
 kde-workspace-bin
 libkde3support4
 kdelibs5-plugins
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[bsniadajewski]

I was checking for any bug reports concerning this situation and it seems there was a circular dependancy problem with qdbus and libqt4-dbus (here is the launchpad report). Apparently the update to 4.8.1 for KDE hasn't fixed the problem (still). Any ideas to fix this temporarily?

[bsniadajewski]

Well, I finallt bit the bullet and reinstalled with the Precise mini CD iso from the Ubuntu archives. The install is working like a charm now.