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Kewal Shah
Asked: 2018-09-17 01:35:47 +0800 CST

Error: BrokenCount > 0 unable to solve using "sudo apt --fix-broken install" [duplicate]

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Please note that the answers to these links could not solve my problem:

  1. What does: Error Broken count >0 mean?
  2. Getting the error Error:BrokenCount>0 after installing packages

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Clicking on the error I get this message:

An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or apt-get in a teminal to see what is wrong. The error message was :'Error:BrokenCount>0'. This usually means that your installed packages have unment dependences

On running sudo apt --fix-broken install I get:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libfreetype6:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libfreetype6:i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 67 not upgraded.
7 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/351 kB of archives.
After this operation, 972 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 222665 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libfreetype6_2.8.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libfreetype6:i386 (2.8.1-2ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libfreetype6_2.8.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libfreetype6/FTL.TXT.gz', which is different from other instances of package libfreetype6:i386
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libfreetype6_2.8.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I know the problem is this particular line in the above output:

trying to overwrite shared '/usr/share/doc/libfreetype6/FTL.TXT.gz', which is different from other instances of package libfreetype6:i386

What do I do to stop trying to override it? Please note that I tried adding libfreetype6:i386 while experimenting with wine. I do not require it and want to remove it. But it seems other packages are dependent on it. Running sudo apt-get autoremove I get:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libcairo2:i386 : Depends: libfreetype6:i386 (>= 2.7.1) but it is not installed
 libfontconfig1:i386 : Depends: libfreetype6:i386 (>= 2.2.1) but it is not installed
 libgd3:i386 : Depends: libfreetype6:i386 (>= 2.2.1) but it is not installed
 libwine:i386 : Depends: libfreetype6:i386 (>= 2.2.1) but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

It is like being stuck in a deadlock. This dependency problem is not letting me install or even upgrade any other application on my system. Please Help!

Edit:

Trying apt-cache policy libfreetype6 libfreetype6:i386 libfreetype6: as suggested in a comment gave:

  Installed: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.8.1-2ubuntu2 500
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libfreetype6:i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
     2.8.1-2ubuntu2 500
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Since your repositories are correct we can simply force installation of the package with:

    sudo dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/libfreetype6_2.8.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb

    And then resume installation with:

    sudo apt-get install -f
sudo dpkg --configure -a

    And for sure get all new dependencies with:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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