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Package dependencies cannot be resolved

Asked by Nemo

I've just installed Ubuntu 11.10 from a fresh install and when I booted into it and wanted to install vlc & PlayOnLinux from the Ubuntu Software Center I got this error:

Package dependencies cannot be resolved
This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time.

This happens with almost every piece of software I try to download from the Ubuntu Software Center.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo apt-get -f nstall; lsb_release -a

Thanks

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Nemo (liapman) said : 		#2

E: Invalid operation nstall
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

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Nemo (liapman) said : 		#4

It worked! Thanks a lot :) Here's the output:

nemo@Nemo:~$ sudo bash
[sudo] password for nemo:
root@Nemo:~# sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# uname -a
Linux Nemo 3.0.0-12-generic-pae #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 16:37:17 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/lock': No such file or directory
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Get:2 http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release [5922 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:7 http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release [9759 B]
Get:8 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release [40.8 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Sources [1848 B]
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric InRelease
Get:12 http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner i386 Packages [3512 B]
Get:13 http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Sources [14 B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release [32.4 kB]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner TranslationIndex
Get:15 http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:16 http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric Release.gpg [489 B]
Get:17 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1347 B]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release [31.0 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release [24.3 kB]
Get:20 http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric Release [2603 B]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages [1226 kB]
Get:22 http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric/main i386 Packages [782 B]
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Get:23 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1220 B]
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages [8216 B]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe i386 Packages [4468 kB]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages [119 kB]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex [3289 B]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse TranslationIndex [2265 B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex [2263 B]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe TranslationIndex [2640 B]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages [155 kB]
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages [2935 B]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe i386 Packages [43.4 kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [3840 B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [71 B]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages [27.4 kB]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages [11.0 kB]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1653 B]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [71 B]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex [70 B]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages [1912 B]
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages [3773 B]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex [70 B]
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex [70 B]
Get:54 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:55 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en [701 kB]
Get:56 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Translation-en [92.6 kB]
Get:57 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Translation-en [2229 B]
Get:58 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Translation-en [3165 kB]
Get:59 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Translation-en [77.5 kB]
Get:60 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Translation-en [1821 B]
Get:61 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Translation-en [508 B]
Get:62 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Translation-en [27.3 kB]
Get:63 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Translation-en [17.7 kB]
Get:64 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Translation-en [840 B]
Get:65 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:66 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Translation-en [7801 B]
Get:67 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Translation-en [1203 B]
Get:68 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Translation-en [14 B]
Get:69 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:70 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Translation-en [3304 B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Fetched 10.3 MB in 38s (267 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-updates_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/partner i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_partner_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo dpkg --clear-avail
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# sudo dpkg --configure -a
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
root@Nemo:~#
root@Nemo:~# LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Sources
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Translation-en
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1347 B]
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1220 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Fetched 2765 B in 31s (87 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  simple-scan xserver-xorg-video-intel
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 356 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main simple-scan i386 3.2.1-0ubuntu1~oneiric1 [116 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main xserver-xorg-video-intel i386 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1 [240 kB]
Fetched 356 kB in 0s (371 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 142377 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace simple-scan 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 (using .../simple-scan_3.2.1-0ubuntu1~oneiric1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement simple-scan ...
Preparing to replace xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 (using .../xserver-xorg-video-intel_2%3a2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg-video-intel ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0 ...
Setting up simple-scan (3.2.1-0ubuntu1~oneiric1) ...
Setting up xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
root@Nemo:~#