[SOLVED] update manager trying to update Mintupdate requires an additional package LIBLVM2CMD2.02 but there it is "broken' and also cannot remove

ginger28 · 11-02-2018, 07:45 PM

dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31417 package 'liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64':
'Depends' field, reference to 'libudev1':
'>' is obsolete, use '>=' or '>>' instead
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31417 package 'liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64':
'Depends' field, reference to 'libudev1':
version value starts with non-alphanumeric, suggest adding a space
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31417 package 'liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64':
'Depends' field, reference to 'libudev1': version contains ' '
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

hydrurga · 11-02-2018, 08:12 PM

Could you please paste the output from the following command (using CODE tags or without the line of equals signs):

Code:

dpkg -l | grep -v "^ii"

ginger28 · 11-04-2018, 03:46 PM

martin@martin-desktop ~ $ dpkg -l | grep -v "^ii"
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31417 package 'liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64':
'Depends' field, reference to 'libudev1':
'>' is obsolete, use '>=' or '>>' instead
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31417 package 'liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64':
'Depends' field, reference to 'libudev1':
version value starts with non-alphanumeric, suggest adding a space
dpkg-query: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31417 package 'liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64':
'Depends' field, reference to 'libudev1': version contains ' '
martin@martin-desktop ~ $
Hi hydrurga, the above is the result of your request, I hope I've entered it correctly? and hope it helps!
Martin

hydrurga · 11-04-2018, 04:19 PM

Thanks. That suggests corruption in your dpkg package database.

Try the following to restore the backup copy of the status file:

Code:

sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status

then run the command in the previous post again (please do use CODE tags for your output).

ginger28 · 11-05-2018, 04:03 AM

Code:

martin@martin-desktop ~ $ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
martin@martin-desktop ~ $ dpkg -l | grep -v "^ii"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                        Version                                                 Architecture Description
+++-===========================================-=======================================================-============-================================================================================
rc  hplip                                       3.16.3+repack0-1                                        amd64        HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
iF  linux-firmware                              1.157.20                                                all          Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
rc  shim-signed                                 1.27~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1+linuxmint1 amd64        Secure Boot chain-loading bootloader (Microsoft-signed binary)
rc  virtualbox-guest-utils                      5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2                            amd64        x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
rc  virtualbox-guest-x11                        5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2                            amd64        x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities
martin@martin-desktop ~ $ 


Hi hydrurga, above was the result, before i finished this i tried the update manager again it did not bring up to install LIBLVM2.02 but it did install mintupdate and below was the install changes or most of them !
Thankyou for your time Martin


(Reading database ... 1020108 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mintupdate_5.3.2.5_all.deb ...
Unpacking mintupdate (5.3.2.5) over (5.2.9.2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up linux-firmware (1.157.20) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-38-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for module i915
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-36-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for module i915
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-34-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for module i915
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-33-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for module i915
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-32-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for module i915
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-30-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for module i915
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-29-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for module i915
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-45-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-43-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-41-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-38-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-37-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-36-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-32-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-31-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_AU.utf8
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-26-generic

hydrurga · 11-05-2018, 05:41 AM

Martin, could you please edit your post above to place the output within CODE tags (see the link below). Many thanks.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...og.php?b=36313

Edit: I've now asked an admin to do it (so that we can get back to a normal width thread - otherwise it makes this thread a bit difficult to manage).

hydrurga · 11-06-2018, 10:50 AM

Ok, that "iF" beside linux-firmware shows that the package was unpacked but configuration failed half-way through leaving the package half-configured.

We'll need to try and purge then reinstall that package. However, given its importance, I would highly recommend that you backup all your data and consider also making a system snapshot/backup/image with TimeShift or similar so that you can roll back if things go awry.

Once that is done, you can purge the package with:

Code:

apt purge linux-firmware

Then reboot and run:

Code:

apt install linux-firmware

Then reboot again.

ginger28 · 11-06-2018, 11:54 PM

Hi hydrurga,
Thank you for your help, as you can gather I haven't got a clue what I'm doing, the problem has either been dropped mintupdate or you cleared it from the last package input.
The next thing to do would be to learn alitle bit about all this.
thanks again Martin

hydrurga · 11-07-2018, 12:25 AM

That's great to hear Martin. We all learn as we go along. Please don't hesitate to post again if you encounter further problems.

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