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**integr8e** · Nov 30, 2007, 09:44 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

Looks familiar :P

Hopefully you won't have to do what I did, so let's try the basics first. Open Konsole and run the following:

Code:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

See if that helps. We'll try something else if it doesn't.

Edit: Also, if you don't mind, run the command

Code:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

and paste its output here.

**SheeEttin** · Nov 30, 2007, 10:03 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-core_1%3a2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3_i386.deb (--unpack):
failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so': No space left on device

Could that be your problem?

Also to try: Uninstall OpenOffice.org, and try installation fresh. Simplest solution, and the one most likely to work.

**Snowhog** · Nov 30, 2007, 10:07 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

The output of:

Code:

df -h -T

would be useful.

**intuvati** · Nov 30, 2007, 10:28 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

root@ryan:/# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016.1)]/ gutsy main
restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted unive
rse multiverse
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted u
niverse multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-proposed restricted main multiverse
universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports restricted main multiverse
universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security multiverse
root@ryan:/# clear
root@ryan:/# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016.1)]/ gutsy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security multiverse
root@ryan:/#

root@ryan:/# df -h -T
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 reiserfs 4.0G 4.0G 38M 100% /
varrun tmpfs 189M 132K 189M 1% /var/run
varlock tmpfs 189M 0 189M 0% /var/lock
udev tmpfs 189M 52K 189M 1% /dev
devshm tmpfs 189M 0 189M 0% /dev/shm
lrm tmpfs 189M 34M 155M 18% /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile
/dev/hda2 ext3 32G 4.8G 27G 16% /mnt
root@ryan:/#

root@ryan:/# sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openoffice.org-impress:
openoffice.org-impress depends on openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3); however:
Version of openoffice.org-core on system is 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.1.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-impress (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openoffice.org-math:
openoffice.org-math depends on openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3); however:
Version of openoffice.org-core on system is 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.1.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-math (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openoffice.org-draw:
openoffice.org-draw depends on openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3); however:
Version of openoffice.org-core on system is 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.1.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-draw (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openoffice.org-calc:
openoffice.org-calc depends on openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3); however:
Version of openoffice.org-core on system is 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.1.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-calc (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openoffice.org-kde:
openoffice.org-kde depends on openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3); however:
Version of openoffice.org-core on system is 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.1.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-kde (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openoffice.org-writer:
openoffice.org-writer depends on openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3); however:
Version of openoffice.org-core on system is 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.1.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-writer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-uno:
python-uno depends on openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3); however:
Version of openoffice.org-core on system is 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.1.
dpkg: error processing python-uno (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
openoffice.org-impress
openoffice.org-math
openoffice.org-draw
openoffice.org-calc
openoffice.org-kde
openoffice.org-writer
python-uno
root@ryan:/#

i'll try uninstalling oo and post with results as well

**Snowhog** · Nov 30, 2007, 10:38 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

Originally posted by intuvati

root@ryan:/# df -h -T
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 reiserfs 4.0G 4.0G 38M 100% /
varrun tmpfs 189M 132K 189M 1% /var/run
varlock tmpfs 189M 0 189M 0% /var/lock
udev tmpfs 189M 52K 189M 1% /dev
devshm tmpfs 189M 0 189M 0% /dev/shm
lrm tmpfs 189M 34M 155M 18% /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile
/dev/hda2 ext3 32G 4.8G 27G 16% /mnt

Your problem is right above - your root partition on /dev/hda1 is completely used up. To begin with, 4.0G for root is marginal, and you have used it up. You need to clean up root. Empty the trash bin and run sudo apt-get autoclean (and possibly sudo apt-get clean) to make space available. That still may not be enough.

**intuvati** · Nov 30, 2007, 10:41 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

um.... wow.... i dont think it's possible for anyone to feel more embarrased or dim-witted than me at the moment - thats been on my to-do list for forever and i just never got around to doing it. thanks for your help and i'm also sorry for wasting you time on such a retarded problem

thanks so much

**Snowhog** · Nov 30, 2007, 10:45 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

No time wasted. Don't feel embarrassed. The hardest thing to do, is to proof-read ones own work!

Hopefully, running sudo apt-get autoclean will be sufficient. Run df -h -T afterwards and see how much Avail is reported on your root partition.

**cantab** · Dec 01, 2007, 03:55 AM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

I've had interesting problems with full partitions before. Specifically, KDE won't boot if there's no space in /home.

What are you using hda2 for? There's plenty of space there it seems. One way to make use of it:

Boot from a LiveCD.
Mount hda1 and hda2 (let's say on /mnt/hda1 and /mnt/hda2
Copy /mnt/hda1/usr to /mnt/hda2/new_usr, making sure file permissions are preserved (cp -a will do this).
Rename /mnt/hda1/usr to /mnt/hda1/old_usr
Make a symlink. (This is the easiest bit to get wrong)
ln -s /mnt /mnt/hda1/usr
At the moment this symlink creates a nice recursive directory structure. It won't in your installed system though.
Reboot into your installed system. Check everything works. IF AND ONLY IF SO, delete /old_usr

**Snowhog** · Dec 01, 2007, 07:52 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

This illustrates one of the problems when one does not create a separate partition for /home, and the root partition is to small.

In this case, only two partitions were created: hda1 for root and hda2 for /mnt. Because no separate partition was created for /home, /home now resides under the root partition. As that partition is undersized for such a configuration, it's been gobbled up rather quickly.

I have three partitions on my system: / (root) (8G), /home (43G), and swap (2G). My / partition is currently using 3.2G (and I keep a very clean system). If intuvati's system is any thing like mine, and assuming a similar 3.2G used by the root file system, that means he/she had only 800K available for everything else! That isn't a lot of wiggle room.

intuvati's system is big enough (just over 36G) that a better partitioning scheme would look like this:

8G for the root ( / ) partition (hda1)
30G for a /home partition (hda2)
2G for swap (hda3)

Variations of this, are of course, up to the user. Keeping some of the HD space 'unallocated' for future use, is by many, desireable.

**SheeEttin** · Dec 01, 2007, 09:54 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

Oh, wow.
This thread inspired me to investigate my disk usage a little... On my 500 GB drive, I have 458 GB allocated to root (no separate home), 189 GB of which is used. My home directory... 181 GB. Yikes.
I'm sure it's partially due to several CD and DVD images I have kicking around, as well as game installers and plenty of TV shows... Still, time for some cleaning.

**Snowhog** · Dec 01, 2007, 10:07 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

Yeah. That can be a problem with really BIG HDs. You just don't think about the accumulation that's going on. Then, one day, you go and open that closet door and all this stuff comes falling down on you!

**lingenfr** · Dec 01, 2007, 10:09 PM

Re: apt-get unmet dependencies

Sounds like Mr. Whoopie's closet. Gee Tennessee. (This is an age test)

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