Unable to install package ubuntu-xen-desktop (depends on libc6-xen) on Ubuntu Studio 7.10

[Beepo / Vanguard]

Binary package hint: libc6-xen

It is impossible to install ubuntu-xen-desktop on Ubuntu Studio 7.10

Please find the apt-get output below. First is the trial to install ubuntu-xen-desktop and then the failing dependency libc6-xen

#1 -- ubuntu-xen-desktop installation
-----------------------------------------------
u@studio:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-xen-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  ubuntu-xen-desktop: Depends: libc6-xen but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

#1 -- libc6-xen installation
-----------------------------------------------
u@studio:~$ sudo apt-get install libc6-xen
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libc6-xen: PreDepends: libc6 (= 2.6.1-1ubuntu9) but 2.6.1-1ubuntu10 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

[coldsalmon (coldsalmon)]

I can confirm this.

Here's the output from $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-xen-desktop:

---------------------------------------------------

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  ubuntu-xen-desktop: Depends: libc6-xen but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

---------------------------------------------------

And here's the output from $ sudo apt-get install libc6-xen:

------------------------------------------------------

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libc6-xen: PreDepends: libc6 (= 2.6.1-1ubuntu9) but 2.6.1-1ubuntu10 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

--------------------------------------------------

Here's the output from $ sudo apt-get install libc6:

----------------------------------------------------

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
libc6 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

--------------------------------------------

And finally, here's my recent apt-get install activity from .bash_history. As you can see, I flailed around a while trying to find the right packages to install:

--------------------------------------------

sudo apt-get install xen-utils-common
sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor
sudo apt-get install xen-shell
sudo apt-get install xen-tools
sudo apt-get install xen-utils-3.1
sudo apt-get install xen-image-2.6.19-4-generic
sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor-3.1
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-xen
sudo apt-get install xen-ioemu-3.1
sudo apt-get install xen-ioemu
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-xen-desktop
sudo apt-get -f install

---------------------------------------

I've managed to somewhat boot from the xen kernel, but X was broken, as was a lot of other stuff, I don't remember it all. I just rebooted into my old kernel (2.6.22-14) immediately.

My system:

Averatec 3715-EH1 laptop
Sempron 3800+ processor
512 MB RAM
Running Gutsy

[coldsalmon (coldsalmon)]

Edit: I'm not running Ubuntu Studio, but Xubuntu (Kubuntu with xubuntu-desktop installed, really).

[Simon Lyall (simon-darkmere)]

This would appear to affect all Xen pacakges and prevent their install.

Package ubuntu-xen-server and ubuntu-xen-desktop both depend on libc6-xen . This would make it hard to install Xen on a gutsy based machine.

Please raise importance.

[mamruoc (toan)]

I have filed a bug with same dependency problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/162681

This happens because libc6 has been upgraded (bumped from 2.6.1-1ubuntu9 to 2.6.1-1ubuntu10) and all other libc6-* has not been updated their requirement.

My bug was the libc6-i386 (also in amd64), so I guess all libc6-* packages needs to update their requirement.

[Anton Wurscht (wurscht)]

Has 7.10 Xen ever been tested before being released:

apt-get install xen-utils-common xen-hypervisor xen-shell xen-tools xen-utils-3.1 xen-hypervisor-3.1 linux-restricted-modules-xen xen-ioemu-3.1 rpmstrap bridge-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xen-utils-common is already the newest version.
Note, selecting xen-hypervisor-3.1 instead of xen-hypervisor
xen-hypervisor-3.1 is already the newest version.
xen-shell is already the newest version.
xen-tools is already the newest version.
xen-hypervisor-3.1 is already the newest version.
linux-restricted-modules-xen is already the newest version.
xen-ioemu-3.1 is already the newest version.
rpmstrap is already the newest version.
bridge-utils is already the newest version.
Recommended packages:
  libc6-xen
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  xen-utils-3.1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
32 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/396kB of archives.
After unpacking 1200kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 16727 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xen-utils-3.1 (from .../xen-utils-3.1_3.1.0-0ubuntu18_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xen-utils-3.1_3.1.0-0ubuntu18_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/etc/udev/xen-backend.rules', which is also in package xen-utils-common
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xen-utils-3.1_3.1.0-0ubuntu18_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[rake74 (rake74)]

Work around :
sudo apt-get install libc6=2.6.1-1ubuntu9
... then...
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-xen-server
works.

Just an FYI for those who've the same problem and want a quick way to move forward while this bug is still open.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

If you don't see libc6-xen 2.6.1-1ubuntu10, then that's because you don't have gutsy-updates/universe in your /etc/apt/sources.list. You need lines such as these (though please use an appropriate mirror instead of archive.ubuntu.com if possible):

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe

[Mitch Towner (kermiac)]

Invalidating task added over 2 years after the last comment on this bug report

[Mitch Towner (kermiac)]

@ Fail2Ban: Please do not add new tasks to old bug reports without commenting to advise why you have done this.
Thanks in advance!

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

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When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[rake74 (rake74)]

This is pretty old - I'm no longer working in an environment that uses xen - or ubuntu 7.x.

I'm unable to assist with this bug, my apologies.

Thanks,
- chris

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To: Chris Jacobs
ReplyTo: Bug 161783
Subject: [Bug 161783] Re: Unable to install package ubuntu-xen-desktop(depends on libc6-xen) on Ubuntu Studio 7.10
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** Changed in: xen (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: xen-3.1 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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