apt-get fails at libc6 upgrade with "A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory" error message
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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eglibc (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I've upgraded to 12.04 since a couple of weeks ago, since then I've periodically updated/
The latest attempt fails with the next behavior:
apt-get update - all goes well
When trying apt-get dist-upgrade I get this:
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:
libc6 : Depends: libc-bin (= 2.15-0ubuntu6)
Breaks: libc6:i386 (!= 2.15-0ubuntu6) but 2.15-0ubuntu7 is installed
libc6:i386 : Breaks: libc6 (!= 2.15-0ubuntu7) but 2.15-0ubuntu6 is installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu7) but 2.15-0ubuntu6 is installed
libc6-i386 : Depends: libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu7) but 2.15-0ubuntu6 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
When trying apt-get -f install I get this:
A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory:
'/lib/
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
please remove that copy of the C library or get it out of
'/lib/x86_
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
affects: | ubuntu → eglibc (Ubuntu) |
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