Updates threateneing to remove many packages

[paulhurleyuk]

I'm running Kubuntu 8.10 (2.6.27-7 generic). I keep it fairly up to date, doing updates weekly or so. Today the update icon appeared, so I clicked and told it to fetch the list of packages.

The list seems to be mainly packages that will be removed. The list includes many of the kde games, amor, kdesudo, adept, ark, systemsettings, kdm, kdelibs5-data and kmix to name but a few...

Now, usually I don't even look at the list, luckily today I did. Does anyone know why it's suggesting I kill my system, or how I can find what's the root cause ?

Thanks

Paul.

[bapoumba]

Please post your sources.list and the update output

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update

Have you been using third party repos?

[paulhurleyuk]

sources.list


# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.1)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://apt.wicd.net intrepid extras
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ hardy free non-free


Result of sudo apt-get update


Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_GB
Get: 1 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Translation-en_GB
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/free Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Get: 2 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release [46.7kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Translation-en_GB
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy Release
Hit http://apt.wicd.net intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://apt.wicd.net intrepid/extras Translation-en_GB
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/free Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://apt.wicd.net intrepid Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://apt.wicd.net intrepid/extras Packages
Hit http://apt.wicd.net intrepid/extras Packages
Fetched 308B in 1s (193B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 9423A34CCA967634
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems


I don't know why I get the signature error, I haven't got any third party repo's except for wicd !

[bapoumba]

Please try to remove the ppa and the wicd repos and see if it helps.

[paulhurleyuk]

I added the keys using instructions here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1054906) and apt-get update ran without error, but the update window still shows lots of packages to remove

I commented out the ppa and wicd repo's and tried again, apt-get upate ran without problem again and the update window now only shows eight packages to update or so (although they're biggies like dpkg)

Thanks for the help....

Paul.

[CdeSousaG]

I'm having the same problem here.

I haven't tried the method mentioned before by paulhurleyuk yet. I'll like to know the root cause. Does anyone have more info, explanation ?

Thanks for the info!

[cabernet54]

This solved my problem:

http://www.nabble.com/keys-td22878104.html

:guitar:

[collix]

Now, usually I don't even look at the list, luckily today I did.

I did not, and it wiped out half of my KDE apps. What now? The launchpad lists are updated fine.

Trying to run a dist-upgrade returns:


The following packages have been kept back:
kdegraphics-strigi-plugins kdelibs-bin kdelibs5 kdepimlibs5


Trying to install one of these manually gives you an endless list of unmet dependencies (mostly, it asks for KDE 4.2 libs but only finds 4.1 ones)

Help!

[bapoumba]

@ paulhurleyuk: you're welcome, glad to see you got it to work :)
My own little advice, as it is my own little habit: I always keep commented extra or third party repos (such as ppa) on a daily basis. I just enable them to see if there is an upgrade to perform, or when I know there is one, when my system is already up to date.

@ collix: please disable every third party repo you have in your sources.list and run an update
sudo apt-get-update
Then
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
and see if it helps.

[pickarooney]

I enabled the backports in my sources.lst - the version of libanylyzer0 there is higher than the one in the normal repositories - and I was then able to reinstall kdebaselibs5 and associated programs.

[collix]

Thanks for your help guys. Commenting out the ppa's wasn't enough, but pasting in the backports' address did the trick. In fact, I'm downloading KDE 4.2 right now. I hope it'll work alright.

[abn91c]

you should be OK, your Kubntu is just updating itself to 4.2.x.x
and it jut removing and updating packages not needed, you may even see plasma taken oy but dont worry thats normal also, you just getting a newer version. Some of the plasmoids you using may not work, just add the new widgets when done(like the weather, clock, etc..)