apt-get not working getting an error installing just about any package

[der.hans]

Am 12. Feb, 2006 schwätzte Jim B so:

> What would the most straight forward way under my current Debian system to
> upgrade to sarge?

Set all your sources to stable.

apt-get update
apt-get updgrade

That *should* work. The responses from Ted T'so make me think it should
work even with the problems you're seeing.

If it doesn't work at that point research the e2fsprogs bugs more and look
at the bug reports for the other package Ted mentioned.

ciao,

der.hans

> Jim
>
>
> On 2/10/06, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>
>> Am 10. Feb, 2006 schwätzte Jim B so:
>>
>>> I am running woody but since I am running unstable would it be a problem
>> to
>>> now go to stable and then use pinning?
>>>
>>> Would going to sarge be a fix or would it just cause different problems?
>>
>> That bug report I pointed out said that you should move to sarge first,
>> then move to testing or unstable if you need to. As always, stay with
>> stable if you can.
>>
>>> At this point if I try to install any package I get the following error.
>>
>> The bug report responses made it seem like going to stable will fix that
>> error.
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
>>
>>> This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential
>>> package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often
>> bad,
>>> but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak
>> option.
>>> -bash: E:: command not found
>>> E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs
>>> ~# E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On 2/10/06, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Am 10. Feb, 2006 schwätzte Jim B so:
>>>>
>>>>> Below is what I have in my /etc/apt/sources.list
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
>>>>> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the best way to be able to update the system considering I can
>>>> not
>>>>> now do I need to upgrade to sarge?
>>>>
>>>> https://www.LuftHans.com/unix/
>>>>
>>>> Read cafod.
>>>>
>>>> Either use the pinning method listed there or use -t with apt-get to
>> stay
>>>> with the stable release. -t Also works for aptitude. Synaptic has a way
>> of
>>>> sticking with a particular release as well.
>>>>
>>>> See if upgrading to the current stable fixes the problem for you.
>>>>
>>>> Have you updated this system to sarge in the past or are you running an
>>>> un-updated woody?
>>>>
>>>> ciao,
>>>>
>>>> der.hans
>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/9/06, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 09. Feb, 2006 schwätzte Jim B so:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was trying to do an apt-get dist-upgrade but I get the following
>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> and I am actually getting this on several systems.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This installation run will require temporarily removing the
>> essential
>>>>>>> package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often
>>>>>> bad,
>>>>>>> but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak
>>>>>> option.
>>>>>>> -bash: E:: command not found
>>>>>>> E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs
>>>>>>> ~# E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you tracking testing or unstable?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If so, maybe ask aptbot ( or whatever it's called ) on the #debian
>> irc
>>>>>> channel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most likely you should avoid upgrades until the bug has been fixed
>> and
>>>> a
>>>>>> new package is available :).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://bugs.debian.org/e2fsprogs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=325834.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So maybe you should ignore my advice...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ciao,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> der.hans
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is the best way to proceed I have seen some people have been
>>>> doing
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "/etc/apt/apt.conf" and putting in it the line:
>>>>>>>    APT::Force-LoopBreak "true";
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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