Can't install things.

**needik** · June 5th, 2012

Hello.

Some time ago my friend gave me VPS server with ubuntu. I was using it for while and noticed today that I can't install anything.

For example:

apt-get install vlc

Code:

http://pastebin.com/aGs7ggaa

apt-get -f install

Code:

http://pastebin.com/nrcFyjkA

I was looking at google for this problem and found this is something with old kernel or something but I'm kinda novice for this and don't know what to do exactly now. Could you guys try to help me?
I think reinstall would be good for this one but I don't have access to server panel...

**needik** · June 7th, 2012

anyone?

**sandyd** · June 7th, 2012

Originally Posted by needik

Hello.

Some time ago my friend gave me VPS server with ubuntu. I was using it for while and noticed today that I can't install anything.

For example:

apt-get install vlc

Code:

http://pastebin.com/aGs7ggaa

apt-get -f install

Code:

http://pastebin.com/nrcFyjkA

I was looking at google for this problem and found this is something with old kernel or something but I'm kinda novice for this and don't know what to do exactly now. Could you guys try to help me?
I think reinstall would be good for this one but I don't have access to server panel...

Looks like it is half-upgraded, the glibc versions do not match. Since dpkg is broken, best thing to do would be to reinstall

**Cheesehead** · June 8th, 2012

Looks like you had a failed LTS upgrade from Lucid to Precise.

Look through your /var/log/apt/term.log to see if you can find the upgrade and failure. If so, post it here.

You can also try running the upgrade again.

If you cannot pinpoint the failure, and cannot complete the upgrade, then your best choice is indeed to reinstall. (Don't forget to backup all your data first!)