Apt unable to install, upgrade or remove

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jrg010381; Hey;

@ ian-weisser; So pleased to have your insight into this matter .

So far so good, but we do not know that state of the remainder of the dependencies.
This last however:

snmpd: error while loading shared libraries: libperl.so.5.14: cannot open shared object file:

makes me question if there is a broken symbolic link.
What also returns from terminal command:

ls -al /usr/lib/libperl.so.5.14

And does the file exist that the link points to ?

sometimes I do wonder

[jrg010381]

user@:~$ ls -al /usr/lib/libperl.so.5.14
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/libperl.so.5.14: No such file or directory

I did find the following though:

user@:~$ ls -al /usr/lib/ | grep libp
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           26 Sep 30  2014 libpanel-applet-4.so.0 -> libpanel-applet-4.so.0.1.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        69656 Sep 30  2014 libpanel-applet-4.so.0.1.1
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           20 Dec  4  2014 libpathplan.so.4 -> libpathplan.so.4.0.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        30840 Dec  4  2014 libpathplan.so.4.0.0
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root         4096 Jan  7  2013 libpeas-1.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           22 Feb 19  2014 libpeas-1.0.so.0 -> libpeas-1.0.so.0.801.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        81440 Feb 19  2014 libpeas-1.0.so.0.801.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           26 Feb 19  2014 libpeas-gtk-1.0.so.0 -> libpeas-gtk-1.0.so.0.801.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        56944 Feb 19  2014 libpeas-gtk-1.0.so.0.801.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     13112294 Mar 27  2014 libperl.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           15 Mar 27  2014 libperl.so -> libperl.so.5.18
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           17 Mar 27  2014 libperl.so.5.18 -> libperl.so.5.18.2
-rw-r--r--   1 root root      1608280 Mar 27  2014 libperl.so.5.18.2

Why does snmpd still want libperl.so.5.14???

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jrg010381; OK !

I have an inkling of what is going on here.
If you look at the source packaging:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?se...dates&arch=any
That version is for 'precise'

So we look at the sources, and lo and behold:

==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java-precise.list.distUpgrade <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main

We have a 'precise' source for a 'trusty' install !

webupd8team does support 'trusty', so the 1st thing is to update all sources to trusty.
Now see what results:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get -f install

Maybe we will not have to manage this situation manually (?).

it could happen

[jrg010381]

I commented out the webupd8team entries from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java-precise.list.distUpgrade then did the following:

user@:~$ sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

user@:~$ 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 0 not upgraded.

user@:~$ sudo apt-get install snmpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  snmpd
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/73.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 232 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package snmpd.
(Reading database ... 179782 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../snmpd_5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking snmpd (5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up snmpd (5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3) ...
update-rc.d: warning:  stop runlevel arguments (1) do not match snmpd Default-Stop values (0 1 6)
 * Starting network management services:                                                                                                                                                                                                  /usr/sbin/snmpd: error while loading shared libraries: libperl.so.5.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: initscript snmpd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package snmpd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 snmpd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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jrg010381; Well ...

Progress.

What is it going to hurt if we purge snmpd ?
As the error indicates a problem with a config file (upstart). As I do not have snmpd installed I can not look at what might be;
Maybe by purging, and then (RE-)installing the config issue will be resolved ??

I can accept that there is a much cleaner way to handle this; addressing the actual root of the configuration, but !

poor folks

have poor ways

[jrg010381]

I did run apt-get purge snmpd. For some reason, I can still attempt to run snmpd, but it never runs.

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jrg010381; Humm ......

Recon that snmpd is running ? Such that as the app is in use, the system can not remove it .
What returns:

ps aux | grep snmpd
dpkg -l snmpd

We are in that process of learning.

inquiring minds want to know

[jrg010381]

Thanks again for your help!

user@:~$ ps aux | grep snmpd
user 11055  0.0  0.1  10468  2164 pts/12   S+   20:32   0:00 grep --color=auto snmpd
user@:~$ dpkg -l snmpd
dpkg-query: no packages found matching snmpd

So clearly it is not running or installed. However, when I tab complete snmp, snmpd shows up...

user@:~$ snmp
snmp-bridge-mib  snmpconf         snmpget          snmpnetstat      snmptest         snmpusm
snmpbulkget      snmpd            snmpgetnext      snmpset          snmptranslate    snmpvacm
snmpbulkwalk     snmpdelta        snmpinform       snmpstatus       snmptrap         snmpwalk
snmpcheck        snmpdf           snmpkey          snmptable        snmptrapd        
user@:~$ snmp

I have found that snmpd int /usr/sbin/, but what is it??

user@:~$ ls -al /usr/local/sbin/
total 124
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Mar 26  2014 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root  4096 Jan  8  2014 ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 55950 Mar 26  2014 snmpd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 61118 Mar 26  2014 snmptrapd

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jrg010381; Wellllll ,,

Got me scratching my head wondering what is going on .

What do the control files yield ?

ls -al /var/lib/dpkg/info/snmpd.list
grep -B3 -A10 snmpd /var/lib/dpkg/status

If there is anything there, we may get a hint of what we need to do.

sometimes I do wonder

othertimes, I just do not know

[jrg010381]

Not sure of any hints to give.

user@:~$ ls -al /var/lib/dpkg/info/snmpd.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1545 Aug  1 20:42 /var/lib/dpkg/info/snmpd.list
user@:~$ grep -B3 -A10 snmpd /var/lib/dpkg/status
Homepage: http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/
Original-Maintainer: Net-SNMP Packaging Team <pkg-net-snmp-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>


Package: snmpd
Status: install ok half-configured
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 227
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: amd64
Source: net-snmp
Version: 5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libmysqlclient18 (>= 5.5.24+dfsg-1), libsnmp30 (>= 5.7.2~dfsg), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser, debconf, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), libsnmp-base
Conffiles:
 /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf a2ee110581a5a9a1e2252400cb176bcc
 /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf 0bcc67e56996b3d9ce197a1776266856
 /etc/init.d/snmpd be9d2bb34e6fde7ccf09289905cb2cee
 /etc/default/snmpd 1ced835b933ffebc2d5176a1b5e248f7
Description: SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agents
 The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a framework
 for the exchange of management information between agents (servers)
 and clients.
 .
 The Net-SNMP agent is a daemon which listens for incoming SNMP
 requests from clients and provides responses.
Homepage: http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/
Original-Maintainer: Net-SNMP Packaging Team <pkg-net-snmp-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>