Installation Failed!

[jdmpike]

Hello all,

I just tried installing 5.10 and it is failing when configuring the gstreamer0.8 something or other.

This causes other packages not to get installed, so I can't do things like run apt-get update.

dpkg is totally hosed:

jordan@jdmlaptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
Aborted

how do I fix this???

Thanks all!

[Ampersand]

If you've got to the point where you can log into gnome, run Synaptic. Otherwise, run 'sudo aptitude'. You can then unselect Gstreamer and continue with the installation.

The easiest way to make sure you've got everything is to make sure the 'ubuntu-desktop' package is selected.

[bugrider]

Originally Posted by jdmpike Hello all, I just tried installing 5.10 and it is failing when configuring the gstreamer0.8 something or other. This causes other packages not to get installed, so I can't do things like run apt-get update. dpkg is totally hosed: jordan@jdmlaptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed. Aborted how do I fix this??? Thanks all!

Hi,


Same issue on a 5.10 PPC installation ! I guess it's a bug !
Strange few people reported it.

As written in http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/d.../upgrade-sarge
I had to do use dpkg --configure --force-depends -a to get rid of the
error.

[Oldan]

Originally Posted by jdmpike I just tried installing 5.10 and it is failing when configuring the gstreamer0.8 something or other. This causes other packages not to get installed, so I can't do things like run apt-get update. dpkg is totally hosed: jordan@jdmlaptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed. Aborted

I just had the same problem. After 5.04 installed so cleanly and an upgrade worked so well, I thought a 5.10 would be a breeze... (no pun intended). But it failed badly.

So I used aptitude to remove "blt" and then the final but of the installation went on without much of a hitch.

--Oldan

[divali]

"I had to do use dpkg --configure --force-depends -a to get rid of the
error."

Thanks. works for me. Hoooray.