apt-get problem Please help :/

[John_A]

Well I am not sure how this came about but I cant seem to download any programs with apt-get or adept when I try I get this

Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-generic ttf-arphic-ukai linux-headers-2.6.17-10 bluez-pin
linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nautilus-open-terminal
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
9 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 22.1kB of archives.
After unpacking 565kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/universe nautilus-open-terminal 0.7-1 [22.1kB]
Fetched 22.1kB in 1s (17.9kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package nautilus-open-terminal.
(Reading database ... 153262 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nautilus-open-terminal (from .../nautilus-open-terminal_0.7-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up apt-index-watcher (0.3.9ubuntu5) ...
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher invoke-rc.d: initscript apt-index-watcher, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apt-index-watcher (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of debtags:
debtags depends on apt-index-watcher; however:
Package apt-index-watcher is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing debtags (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-common:
adept-common depends on apt-index-watcher; however:
Package apt-index-watcher is not configured yet.
adept-common depends on debtags (>= 1.5.5); however:
Package debtags is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-manager:
adept-manager depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-installer:
adept-installer depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-installer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-updater:
adept-updater depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-updater (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-notifier:
adept-notifier depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-notifier (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-batch:
adept-batch depends on adept-manager; however:
Package adept-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-batch (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept:
adept depends on adept-manager; however:
Package adept-manager is not configured yet.
adept depends on adept-installer; however:
Package adept-installer is not configured yet.
adept depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
adept depends on adept-notifier; however:
Package adept-notifier is not configured yet.
adept depends on adept-batch; however:
Package adept-batch is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up nautilus-open-terminal (0.7-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt-index-watcher
debtags
adept-common
adept-manager
adept-installer
adept-updater
adept-notifier
adept-batch
adept
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Anyway to fix this? Thank you in advanced!

[penguin.ch]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

For starters, you may try (in turn):

sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo dpkg --configure --pending
sudo dpkg --audit

And feel free to post the results

[John_A]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

after autremove command I got
sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
9 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up apt-index-watcher (0.3.9ubuntu5) ...
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher invoke-rc.d: initscript apt-index-watcher, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apt-index-watcher (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of debtags:
debtags depends on apt-index-watcher; however:
Package apt-index-watcher is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing debtags (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-common:
adept-common depends on apt-index-watcher; however:
Package apt-index-watcher is not configured yet.
adept-common depends on debtags (>= 1.5.5); however:
Package debtags is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-manager:
adept-manager depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-installer:
adept-installer depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-installer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-updater:
adept-updater depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-updater (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-notifier:
adept-notifier depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-notifier (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-batch:
adept-batch depends on adept-manager; however:
Package adept-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-batch (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept:
adept depends on adept-manager; however:
Package adept-manager is not configured yet.
adept depends on adept-installer; however:
Package adept-installer is not configured yet.
adept depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
adept depends on adept-notifier; however:
Package adept-notifier is not configured yet.
adept depends on adept-batch; however:
Package adept-batch is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt-index-watcher
debtags
adept-common
adept-manager
adept-installer
adept-updater
adept-notifier
adept-batch
adept


sudo dpkg --audit
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
adept-notifier system tray notifier of available system updates
adept-common package manager for KDE -- common files
adept-updater system update tool for KDE
debtags Enables support for package tags
adept package management suite for KDE
adept-installer simple user interface for application management (for KDE
adept-manager package manager for KDE
adept-batch command line install for Adept

The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems
configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using
dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
apt-index-watcher Updater for apt-front indexes

so i tried this

sudo dpkg --configure adept-notifier
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-notifier:
adept-notifier depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-notifier (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
adept-notifier

[kubicle]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

Try the 'sudo dpkg --configure --pending' (or 'sudo dpkg --configure -a')

That command should configure all pending (not yet configured) packages.

[John_A]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up apt-index-watcher (0.3.9ubuntu5) ...
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher invoke-rc.d: initscript apt-index-watcher, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apt-index-watcher (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-common:
adept-common depends on apt-index-watcher; however:
Package apt-index-watcher is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-updater:
adept-updater depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-updater (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of debtags:
debtags depends on apt-index-watcher; however:
Package apt-index-watcher is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing debtags (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept:
adept depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-installer:
adept-installer depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-installer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-manager:
adept-manager depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-batch:
adept-batch depends on adept-manager; however:
Package adept-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-batch (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-notifier:
adept-notifier depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-notifier (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt-index-watcher
adept-common
adept-updater
debtags
adept
adept-installer
adept-manager
adept-batch
adept-notifier

sudo dpkg --configure --pending
Setting up apt-index-watcher (0.3.9ubuntu5) ...
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher invoke-rc.d: initscript apt-index-watcher, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apt-index-watcher (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-common:
adept-common depends on apt-index-watcher; however:
Package apt-index-watcher is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-updater:
adept-updater depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-updater (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of debtags:
debtags depends on apt-index-watcher; however:
Package apt-index-watcher is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing debtags (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept:
adept depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-installer:
adept-installer depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-installer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-manager:
adept-manager depends on adept-common; however:
Package adept-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-batch:
adept-batch depends on adept-manager; however:
Package adept-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-batch (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adept-notifier:
adept-notifier depends on adept-updater; however:
Package adept-updater is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing adept-notifier (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt-index-watcher
adept-common
adept-updater
debtags
adept
adept-installer
adept-manager
adept-batch
adept-notifier

[D1SxEyes]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

I'm not sure if I can help directly, but I can see your problem...

Setting up apt-index-watcher (0.3.9ubuntu5) ...
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher invoke-rc.d: initscript apt-index-watcher, action "start" failed.

And everything else is just a chain of dependencies. Your problem is with apt-index-watcher.

I don't know how to help you on that though.

Good luck

D1SxEyes

[kubicle]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

Setting up apt-index-watcher (0.3.9ubuntu5) ...
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher invoke-rc.d: initscript apt-index-watcher, action "start" failed.

And everything else is just a chain of dependencies. Your problem is with apt-index-watcher.

Yup, that's it. The post-installation script (/var/lib/dpkg/info/apt-index-watcher.postinst) can't start the apt-index-watcher daemon and exits with an error. This will also prevent the configuration of dependent packages. Unfortunately it's not immediately apparent (at least not to me) why it fails. To troubleshoot, you can try to run the start command used in the script to see if there are any useful error messages:

sudo invoke-rc.d apt-index-watcher start

[John_A]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

well I tried that didnt get me very far
sudo invoke-rc.d apt-index-watcher start
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher invoke-rc.d: initscript apt-index-watcher, action "start" failed.


what if I went in deleted that script would it rebuild a good one and go from there maybe?

[John_A]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

dunno if this might help or not but this is whats in the script Does it look Normal?

#!/bin/sh

# Remove shutdown and reboot links; this init script does not need them.
if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt "0.3.9ubuntu3"; then
rm -f /etc/rc0.d/K20apt-index-watcher /etc/rc6.d/K20apt-index-watcher
fi

# Automatically added by dh_installinit
if [ -x "/etc/init.d/apt-index-watcher" ]; then
update-rc.d apt-index-watcher multiuser >/dev/null
if [ -x "`which invoke-rc.d 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
invoke-rc.d apt-index-watcher start || exit $?
else
/etc/init.d/apt-index-watcher start || exit $?
fi
fi
# End automatically added section

[penguin.ch]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

May sound silly (feeding my reputation ) - but how about kicking the index watcher awake manually and restarting the "config pending" process subsequently, approximately as follows:

sudo /etc/init.d/apt-index-watcher start &
sudo dpkg --configure --pending

Remark: in case the script in question has gone astray, feel free to import a replacement ...

wget [url]http://www.penguin.ch/Repository/Config/Linuces/Unsorted/apt-index-watcher[/url]
sudo mv apt-index-watcher /etc/init.d/apt-index-watcher
sudo chown root.root /etc/init.d/apt-index-watcher
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/apt-index-watcher

Postscript: updated to reflect changes within my repository.

[John_A]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

sudo /etc/init.d/apt-index-watcher start
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher
sudo apt-get dpkg --configure --pending
E: Command line option --configure is not understood

so after this just to be safe i went ahead and replaced the script i'll have to update later Gotta go to work! doh heh

[kubicle]

Re: apt-get problem Please help :/

sudo /etc/init.d/apt-index-watcher start
* Starting apt index watcher apt-index-watcher

did you get an '[ok]' at the end of the line to indicate succesful start?

sudo apt-get dpkg --configure --pending

too much there, don't include 'apt-get' in that command