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smskelley
Asked: 2012-02-27 08:48:56 +0800 CST

Failed application install seems to have corrupted apt-get, how do I force it to forget?

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My HTPC is running ubuntu 11.04 and I tried installing boxee a while back. I got it to install, but everytime I try to use apt-get now, it says:

$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 boxee : Depends: libxmlrpc-c3 but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

If I run apt-get -f install it prompts me to uninstall Boxee. Now, Boxee is installed and very functional, I don't wish to uninstall it. How do I essentially make apt forget about Boxee and libxmlrpc-c3?

edit: the output of apt-cache policy boxee is:

$ apt-cache policy boxee
boxee:
  Installed: 0.9.22.13692
  Candidate: 0.9.22.13692
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.22.13692 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

edit: solution --

As suggested, I apt-get -f install'd, it removed boxee. I then re-installed and everything is working well.

apt boxee 11.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    boxee : Depends: libxmlrpc-c3 but it is not installable means that boxee's dependencies are not fully installed, so it may not work properly (note: I'm not saying that it won't work, just that some functions may not work).

    To fix the problem, the easiest thing to do is to follow apt-get's advice and uninstall it. Uninstallation won't make you lose your configuration nor your files. Once apt-get -f install has finished, you will be able to install boxee again using:

    apt-get update && apt-get install boxee

    If this last command shows errors, then it'd be better to get in touch with the administrator of the archive from which you got boxee. The output of apt-cache policy boxee may be helpful.

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