package libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/bcp] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8

[Darren Cruse]

This started after the upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 failed partway through.
After the failure I am able to reboot and the machine does say it's running 13.10
But the Software Updater won't start it says:

   "An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

   Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
  E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages."

Trying to upgrade from the command line fails as follows:

$ sudo apt-get upgrade -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  kdevelop libboost-all-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-date-time-dev
  libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-graph-dev
  libboost-graph-parallel-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-locale-dev
  libboost-math-dev libboost-mpi-dev libboost-mpi-python-dev
  libboost-program-options-dev libboost-python-dev libboost-random-dev
  libboost-regex-dev libboost-serialization-dev libboost-signals-dev
  libboost-system-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-timer-dev
  libboost-wave-dev linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libboost1.49-dev
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
71 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/9,208 kB of archives.
After this operation, 36.9 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 405011 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 (using .../libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libboost1.49-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$ An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
An: command not found
$
$ Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
Please: command not found
$ E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/bcp]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 30 08:41:08 2013
Dependencies:
 gcc-4.8-base 4.8.1-10ubuntu9
 libc6 2.17-93ubuntu4
 libgcc1 1:4.8.1-10ubuntu9
 libstdc++6 4.8.1-10ubuntu9
 multiarch-support 2.17-93ubuntu4
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to replace libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 (using .../libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb) ...
 Unpacking replacement libboost1.49-dev ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8
DuplicateSignature: package:libboost1.49-dev:1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/bcp]:trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-01-08 (1087 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: boost1.49
Title: package libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/bcp] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-30 (0 days ago)

I ran -f in terminal and this is the messages after the packages
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libboost1.49-dev
Suggested packages:
  libboost1.49-doc xsltproc docbook-xml docbook-xsl fop
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libboost1.49-dev
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 30 not upgraded.
102 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/9,208 kB of archives.
After this operation, 36.9 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 416583 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 (using .../libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libboost1.49-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

When in terminal I run into an endless loop of autoremove, update and -f all suggesting the use of the other functions but all will not successfully run.

-box11:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
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:
 libboost-chrono1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-date-time1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-filesystem1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-graph-parallel1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-graph1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-iostreams1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-locale1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-math1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-mpi1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-program-options1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-python1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-random1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-regex1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-serialization1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-signals1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-system1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-test1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-thread1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-timer1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-wave1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ saucy/partner amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_saucy_partner_binary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ saucy/partner i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_saucy_partner_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

Here is the messages after packages for sudo apt-get update

Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libboost1.49-dev
Suggested packages:
  libboost1.49-doc xsltproc docbook-xml docbook-xsl fop
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libboost1.49-dev
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 30 not upgraded.
102 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/9,208 kB of archives.
After this operation, 36.9 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 416583 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 (using .../libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libboost1.49-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ramon@ram-box11:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
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:
 libboost-chrono1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-date-time1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-filesystem1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-graph-parallel1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-graph1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-iostreams1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-locale1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-math1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-mpi1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-program-options1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-python1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-random1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-regex1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-serialization1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-signals1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-system1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-test1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-thread1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-timer1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
 libboost-wave1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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