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)
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: ver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages."
E:Error, pkgProblemResol
Trying to upgrade from the command line fails as follows:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade -f date-time- dev filesystem- dev libboost-graph-dev graph-parallel- dev libboost- iostreams- dev libboost-locale-dev mpi-python- dev program- options- dev libboost-python-dev libboost-random-dev regex-dev libboost- serialization- dev libboost- signals- dev system- dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-timer-dev generic linux-image-generic 49-dev_ 1.49.0- 4_amd64. deb) ... apt/archives/ libboost1. 49-dev_ 1.49.0- 4_amd64. deb (--unpack): 53-tools- dev 1.53.0- 6+exp3ubuntu8 apt/archives/ libboost1. 49-dev_ 1.49.0- 4_amd64. deb ver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
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-
libboost-dev libboost-
libboost-
libboost-math-dev libboost-mpi-dev libboost-
libboost-
libboost-
libboost-
libboost-wave-dev linux-generic linux-headers-
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.
Unpacking replacement libboost1.49-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
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, pkgProblemResol
ProblemType: Package ature: Ubuntu 3.11.0- 14.21-generic 3.11.7 49-dev_ 1.49.0- 4_amd64. deb) ... apt/archives/ libboost1. 49-dev_ 1.49.0- 4_amd64. deb (--unpack): 53-tools- dev 1.53.0- 6+exp3ubuntu8 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 53-tools- dev 1.53.0- 6+exp3ubuntu8 53-tools- dev 1.53.0- 6+exp3ubuntu8
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/bcp]
ProcVersionSign
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.
Unpacking replacement libboost1.49-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.
DuplicateSignature: package:
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bcp', which is also in package libboost1.
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.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-30 (0 days ago)