Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

2022-01-05 Thread Dan Ritter
Urs Thuermann wrote: > "Andrew M.A. Cater" writes: > > > Raspbian _isn't_ Debian. Wolfram-engine is a third party (commercial) app - > > Wolfram Mathematica which the Raspberry Pi foundation licences with a > > special educational arrangement. > > > > You might be able to force a reinstall of

Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

2022-01-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 05:26:21PM +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote: > Yes, and my question should be about dpkg & friends how to get out of > that state where a single corrupted package blocks everything. Use dpkg to purge it. With force if needed. dpkg --force-help

Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

2022-01-05 Thread Urs Thuermann
"Andrew M.A. Cater" writes: > Raspbian _isn't_ Debian. Wolfram-engine is a third party (commercial) app - > Wolfram Mathematica which the Raspberry Pi foundation licences with a > special educational arrangement. > > You might be able to force a reinstall of wolfram-engine to produce >

Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

2022-01-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Jan 2022 at 14:32:57 (+0100), Urs Thuermann wrote: > After an dist-upgrade from Raspian 8 (jessie) to 9.13 (stretch) > hundreds of packages still need to be upgraded and aptitude reports > numerous conflicts. > > I first wanted to upgrade everything which doesn't causes any > conflicts,

Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

2022-01-05 Thread Urs Thuermann
Richard Hector writes: > Firstly, the standard response is that Raspbian is not Debian :-) > There are differences which might be related to your problem. Yes, of course. I know. But my question was not about the Raspbian specific packages but on apt, dpkg, aptitude & co. I assume, these

Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

2022-01-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 06, 2022 at 03:20:38AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > On 6/01/22 02:32, Urs Thuermann wrote: > > After an dist-upgrade from Raspian 8 (jessie) to 9.13 (stretch) > > hundreds of packages still need to be upgraded and aptitude reports > > numerous conflicts. > > Firstly, the standard

Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

2022-01-05 Thread Richard Hector
On 6/01/22 02:32, Urs Thuermann wrote: After an dist-upgrade from Raspian 8 (jessie) to 9.13 (stretch) hundreds of packages still need to be upgraded and aptitude reports numerous conflicts. Firstly, the standard response is that Raspbian is not Debian :-) There are differences which might be

Single broken package blocks whole package management

2022-01-05 Thread Urs Thuermann
After an dist-upgrade from Raspian 8 (jessie) to 9.13 (stretch) hundreds of packages still need to be upgraded and aptitude reports numerous conflicts. I first wanted to upgrade everything which doesn't causes any conflicts, which fails because of problems in wolfram-engine: root@uranus:~#