I don’t recall specifically trying to install it - and frankly have no need for it. However this error doesn’t let me install anything else now - it has just messed up with the package manager.
Unfortunately away from my system this week - and have no logs. However, I guess this should be a generic debian issue - what does one do when faced with such package manager issues?
There is a bloody circular dependency between packages - adwaita-icon-theme, libgtk-3-bin, libgtk-3-common and libgtk-3-0. I cannot install or uninstall anything now. Is there a workaround for this?
This came with the upgrade that I did a few days ago
osmc@osmcAdi:~$ uname -a
Linux osmcAdi 4.4.6-3-osmc #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 1 20:55:03 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
Can’t - cannot uninstall a single package mate. I cannot execute any apt-get commands without this error - no upgrades, no installs/removes
osmc@osmcAdi:~$ sudo apt-get remove gnome-core
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package ‘gnome-core’ is not installed, so not removed
You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgtk-3-bin : Depends: libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.14.5-1+deb8u1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgtk-3-common (>= 3.14.5-1+deb8u1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution).
Yeah. Sorry i pasted the wrong example but here you go:-
osmc@osmcAdi:~$ dpkg -l | grep gtk
ii libdbusmenu-gtk3-4:armhf 12.10.2-1 armhf library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version
hU libgtk-3-bin 3.14.5-1+deb8u1 armhf programs for the GTK+ graphical user interface library
osmc@osmcAdi:~$ sudo apt-get remove libgtk-3-bin
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies: adwaita-icon-theme : Depends: libgtk-3-bin but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution). : Depends: libgtk-3-bin but it is not going to be installed
osmc@osmcAdi:~$ sudo apt-get remove adwaita-icon-theme
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgtk-3-bin : Depends: libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.14.5-1+deb8u1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgtk-3-common (>= 3.14.5-1+deb8u1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution).
osmc@osmcAdi:~$ sudo apt-get remove libgtk-3-common
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package ‘libgtk-3-common’ is not installed, so not removed
You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgtk-3-bin : Depends: libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.14.5-1+deb8u1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgtk-3-common (>= 3.14.5-1+deb8u1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution).
edited /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the lines for adwaita-icon-theme
phew!
I verified that i can install packages! Hope a new upgrade will bring better experience
osmc@osmcAdi:~$ sudo apt-get install pulseaudio
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libasound2-plugins libasyncns0 libavcodec56 libavresample2 libavutil54 libfftw3-single3 libflac8 libgomp1 libgsm1 libice6 libjack-jackd2-0 libjson-c2 libltdl7 libmp3lame0
libopenjpeg5 libopus0 liborc-0.4-0 libpulse0 libpulsedsp libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsm6 libsndfile1 libspeex1 libspeexdsp1 libtheora0 libva1 libvpx1 libwebrtc-audio-processing-0
libx11-xcb1 libx264-142 libxtst6 libxvidcore4 pulseaudio-utils x11-common
Suggested packages:
libfftw3-bin libfftw3-dev jackd2 opus-tools speex pavumeter pavucontrol paman paprefs
Recommended packages:
va-driver-all va-driver pulseaudio-module-x11 rtkit
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libasound2-plugins libasyncns0 libavcodec56 libavresample2 libavutil54 libfftw3-single3 libflac8 libgomp1 libgsm1 libice6 libjack-jackd2-0 libjson-c2 libltdl7 libmp3lame0
libopenjpeg5 libopus0 liborc-0.4-0 libpulse0 libpulsedsp libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsm6 libsndfile1 libspeex1 libspeexdsp1 libtheora0 libva1 libvpx1 libwebrtc-audio-processing-0
libx11-xcb1 libx264-142 libxtst6 libxvidcore4 pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils x11-common
0 upgraded, 35 newly installed, 0 to remove and 29 not upgraded.
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I’m stuck with the exact same circular dependency like OP but dpkg --remove libgtk-3-bin doesn’t work due to dependencies and to me it’s not clear what the “edited /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the lines for adwaita-icon-theme” would be about. cat status | grep -v adwaita-icon-theme > status.new?
Also gnome depends on adwaita-icon-theme. Didn’t want to trash gnome in the process. I’m confused here.