Thread: Cannot repair/upgrade while dependencies are unmet. How to fix?

hi,

have ubuntu 8.04 running long time on server. when wanted update old gnome planner repo latest 0.14.4 one, had 1 "unsatisfied dependency" libgconf2-4.

had stupid idea new libgconf backwars compatible upgraded that. had many problems , terminal told me run "apt-get install -f"

command gave many more problems , quit message "too many errors, quitting."



target computer hidden away server without monitor or keyboard , i'm doing through putty or vnc. ever since first dependency problem won't boot gui anymore (probably session won't start) can use terminal through putty.

want normal, or upgraded. don't care because worked supposed do.

don't want reinstall, because there's lot of data spread out in /var, lot of scripts running in main autologin session, , lot of customizations forgetting right now. reinstall causes partitions except /home reformatted.



figured dist-upgrade might fix problems, tried one. errors suggested run dpkg --configure -a. when do, few hundred packages parsed each output:

code:

removing [whatever] ...  gconftool-2: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4: undefined symbol: g_dgettext  dpkg: error processing [whatever] (--remove):   subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127

there have it, errors based on package unmet in first place , bad because messed it, , don't know messed because of -f , -a fixes tried.



can still fix this?

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