bandwidthd Causing APT problems

[Lee Kennedy]

received the an error message today when attempting to run software updater:

 E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

when running 'apt-get -f remove' in terminal I got this:
dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.

when running 'apt-get -f install' in terminal I got this:
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 bandwidthd:i386 : Depends: ucf:i386 but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

running 12.04lts
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ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
GsettingsChanges:
 com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
 com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1339106045
 com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 647
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-02 (36 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Evan Peck (colors)]

Lee,

Please run
apport-collect 1010234
to collect Apport information.
Also, whan reporting bugs in the future, please use
ubuntu-bug PACKAGE
with erronius package name where PACKAGE is.

Muchas Gracias!
Evan Peck ;~)

[Lee Kennedy (leejkennedy)]

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[Lee Kennedy (leejkennedy)]

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[Lee Kennedy (leejkennedy)]

please let me know if you need anything else?

[Evan Peck (colors)]

Ok. Try this:
sudo apt-get install ucf
and tell me what happens.

Thank you!

[Lee Kennedy (leejkennedy)]

from terminal:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ucf is already the newest version.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 bandwidthd:i386 : Depends: ucf:i386 but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[Evan Peck (colors)]

Well, this must be a problem with bandwidthd then.
Try looking up bandwidthd in Synaptic(installl it if you don't already have it)
Mark it for installation/reinstallation.
Apply.

Thank you!

[Lee Kennedy (leejkennedy)]

i cant install it or uninstall it. i've downloaded the bandwidthd.deb and have attempted to install it via the ubuntu software centre. i get an error dialog titled 'Items cannot be installed or removed until the package catalogue is repaired. Do you want to repair it now?'. When i click 'repair', i get another dialog which says:

'Package operation failed:
installArchives() failed: dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bandwidthd:i386
Error in function:
SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)'

so i am now stuck. is there anyway to roll back to a previous time (say last week), or remove all traces of this package from my system?

[Evan Peck (colors)]

Okay, try deleting bandwidthd.deb.
Also, please try with Synaptic like I mentioned earlier.
For me, in Synaptic, it installs just fine.

Muchas Gracias!
Evan Peck ;~)

[Evan Peck (colors)]

Oh, and also try
sudo dpkg-reconfigure bandwidthd

[Lee Kennedy (leejkennedy)]

Sorry for the delay in responding...

Dpkg-reconfigure bandwithd returns 'package bandwithd is not installed and no info is available'

I cannot install synaptic, or any other software, via terminal or the ubuntu software centre, as each attempt triggers a similar error message to 'the folowing packages have unmet dependencies bandwithd:i386 : depends ucf:i386 but it is not installable'

Do you have any other suggestions?

[Evan Peck (colors)]

OH GOSH! I just read your apport information again, I missed have missed the fact that your CPU architecture is AMD64 and Bandwidthd:i386 is a i386 package. What this means is you have the wrong .Deb. So, delete bandwidthd.deb and try installing through Synaptic.

[Lee Kennedy (leejkennedy)]

sorry if this is a stupid question, but where do I delete it from?

I have deleted the original file I downloaded, and I have deleted the directory /etc/bandwithd. I cannot find any other instance of a temp deb file that would need to be removed?

I appreciate your assistance, but this is really frustrating! Why has the installation borked the system so badly, when, despite it being the wrong architecture, doesnt throw a suitable 'stop now you're being stupid' warning, AND if i just use a non-standard method of installation ie synaptic, all these nonsense issues disappear. IMO this process is broken... :(

[Lee Kennedy (leejkennedy)]

still cant use update-manager, or install any other software... do you have any other suggestions?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for bandwidthd (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Teguh Prasetyo (teguh-prasetyo)]

I did the same stupidity, installed 32 bit bandwidhtD deb using USC on 64bit xubuntu.
Resulting in the same problem.

I have synaptic installed before the incident, but it failed to fix the problem, resulting in this:

dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--purge):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bandwidthd:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

then nothing, the problem persist. Is there any other way to fix this?