cannot install dropbox, unresolved dependencies libnautilus-extension

[Peter Bomars]

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04

apt-cache policy nautilus-dropbox
nautilus-dropbox:
  Installed: 0.7.1
  Candidate: 0.7.1-2
  Version table:
     0.7.1-2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
 *** 0.7.1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

expected behavior - installation of nautilus-dropbox with all dependencies

observed -
sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  nautilus-dropbox
The following packages will be upgraded:
  nautilus-dropbox
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/93.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 38.9 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-dropbox:
 nautilus-dropbox depends on libnautilus-extension1 (>= 1:2.22.2); however:
  Package libnautilus-extension1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-dropbox (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 nautilus-dropbox
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libnautilus-extension1a 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 8 20:58:12 2012
GsettingsChanges: org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '800x550+65+24'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120321)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

Can you show me the output of dpkg -s nautilus-dropbox ?

It looks like that apt-get is trying to configure the current version before upgrading it. But it's strange that it tries that because the current version has unsatisfiable dependencies...

[Peter Bomars (pbomars)]

Hi Rafael - Yeah
dpkg -s nautilus-dropbox =
Package: nautilus-dropbox
Status: install ok unpacked
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 404
Maintainer: Rian Hunter <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.1
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0),
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libnautilus-extension1
(>= 1:2.22.2), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.1), python (>= 2.5), python-gtk2 (>=
2.12)
Suggests: nautilus (>= 2.16.0), python-gpgme (>= 0.1)
Description: Dropbox integration for Nautilus
 Nautilus Dropbox is an extension that integrates
 the Dropbox web service with your GNOME Desktop.
 .
 Check us out at http://www.dropbox.com/

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Raphaël Hertzog <email address hidden> wrote:

> Can you show me the output of dpkg -s nautilus-dropbox ?
>
> It looks like that apt-get is trying to configure the current version
> before upgrading it. But it's strange that it tries that because the
> current version has unsatisfiable dependencies...
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/976962
>
> Title:
> cannot install dropbox, unresolved dependencies libnautilus-extension
>
> Status in “nautilus-dropbox” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
> Release: 12.04
>
>
> apt-cache policy nautilus-dropbox
> nautilus-dropbox:
> Installed: 0.7.1
> Candidate: 0.7.1-2
> Version table:
> 0.7.1-2 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse
> amd64 Packages
> *** 0.7.1 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> expected behavior - installation of nautilus-dropbox with all
> dependencies
>
> observed -
> sudo apt-get install -f
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> nautilus-dropbox
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> nautilus-dropbox
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0 B/93.8 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 38.9 kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-dropbox:
> nautilus-dropbox depends on libnautilus-extension1 (>= 1:2.22.2);
> however:
> Package libnautilus-extension1 is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing nautilus-dropbox (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> No apport report written because the error message indicates its a
> followup error from a previous failure.
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> nautilus-dropbox
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: libnautilus-extension1a 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: amd64
> Date...

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

Thanks for the feedback, reassigning to apt since it decides to configure the bad version.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[ds9 (stephane-lentz)]

Bug discussed with work-around on http://blog.brunobraga.net/dropbox-in-ubuntu-1204-beta

[Vasilis Toumpakaris (toumbo)]

I can confirm this too. Ubuntu precise 32bit