Can't install recommended updates?

[Fraoch]

Today language-pack-gnome-en appeared on the "Recommended Updates" section of the Update Manager window - but it's greyed out and can't be selected to install.

Shell commands like apt-get update also indicate there's 1 package not installed. Synaptic indicates:


language-pack-gnome-en:
Depends: language-pack-gnome-en-base (>=1:10.04+20100422) but 1:10.04+20100421 is to be installed
Depends: language-pack-en-base (>=1:10.04+20100422) but 1:10.04+20100421 is to be installed

Huh?

Any ideas? Should I force-install?

[philinux]

Try this


sudo dpkg --configure -a

[Fraoch]

Thanks but that didn't seem to do anything - the update is still sitting greyed out in "Recommended Updates".

[jimmyjones]

Thanks but that didn't seem to do anything - the update is still sitting greyed out in "Recommended Updates".

Same issue, same result. It looked like some updates went through today, tehn when it checked again I got the grayed out Update Manager

Got this when I went through the terminal


ffrfrf@jrff:~$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory

[ranch hand]

Why not go over to synaptic and get some real information?

Might be worth a try.

[jimmyjones]

Why not go over to synaptic and get some real information?

Might be worth a try.

Thanks, that worked

They were listed as upgradeable, upstream, but missing dependencies, I marked for complete removal.

All fixed (I think, hope)

[Fraoch]

Why not go over to synaptic and get some real information?

Might be worth a try.

I did check it and put it in the first post. It indicated:


language-pack-gnome-en:
Depends: language-pack-gnome-en-base (>=1:10.04+20100422) but 1:10.04+20100421 is to be installed
Depends: language-pack-en-base (>=1:10.04+20100422) but 1:10.04+20100421 is to be installed

As for removing it like jimmyjones did, uhh...won't I need it?

[ranch hand]

If you run a search on the package it wants you may be able to find it, or just wait for it to become available.

I do not think I have ever removed that particular package myself. I generally remove or avoid installing all of the buggers but I do try to use English as it is the only one I have any real knowledge of.

Removing it or even purging it and reinstalling it may work but I would just wait for the correct package to show up.

I would use apt or synaptic until it does. Personally, I never use Update Mangler. I have it disabled on all my installations, can't stand it.

[Fraoch]

Well - it looked like just a little boo-boo over the update servers, today there was a new version which Update Manager did not recognize as a regression but as an upgrade. It installed it and it's gone from the list. Back to normal.