12.04 update broken linux-headers package

[mttolmie]

An update suggested by the update manager on Jan 6, 2014 and dealing with a new kernel left the following broken package:

Linux kernel headers for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
In its properties I find:
depends: linux-headers-3.2.0-58
..
Conflicts: linux-headers-3.2.0-generic
Versions: 3.2.0-58.88(precise-updates)

How do I clean this up?

I also have 3 packages from the same update among the linux headers which are marke: not installed (new in repository). What is that about?

PS. I did check for a mention of the problem in the last day or two.

[jeanjd63]

Hello
Could you give the complete returns of the commandes :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[mark65ak]

I'm having a similar issue updating my packages I started with 4 errors and I am down to 1. I can't seem to get this one solved. Any help would be appreciated.

$ uname -r
3.2.0-57-generic


I cleaned and updated using:

$ sudo apt-get clean all
$ sudo apt-get update

with broken dependencies it wanted the -f flag

$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for mark: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-generic
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 72 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,716 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.2.0.57.68); however:
  Version of linux-image-generic on system is 3.2.0.58.69.
 linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.2.0.57.68); however:
  Version of linux-headers-generic on system is 3.2.0.58.69.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I don't appear to have any 3rd party repositories

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# added by the release upgrader
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release amd64 (20111011)]/ oneiric main restricted
# /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse

[jeanjd63]

You can try this :
sudo dpkg -P linux-generic
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install linux-generic

[mark65ak]

You can try this :
sudo dpkg -P linux-generic
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get install linux-generic

Thank you very much. It seems to do the trick. Hopefully also for the one who started this thread.

[mttolmie]

This settles my issue as well (and it showed the need for removing all sorts of software I experimented with and that is cluttering the package manager).
Thanks you very much (or whatever that translates into interms of coffeebeans.

[lsutiger]

I was having the same issue and followed a post similar to this. Now I am having python issues. Here is the error I am receiving:
IOError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/include/python 2.7/pyconfig.h (no such file or directory)
dpkg: error processing sessioninstaller (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing No apportionment report written because MaxReports I'd already

This error is from trying to install python2.7

There is a little more, but I that is most of it. Can't copy and paste...system will not get to my desktop, login screen loops after login..

Please send me in the right direction.