Can I delete libc-bin?

Posted by Balazs Szikszay on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Balazs Szikszay
Published on 2014-08-24T07:57:15Z Indexed on 2014/08/24 10:31 UTC
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Question is simple, I need to know because I cant upgrade/install anything, because it always says I have to uninstall/delete it to continue. It also says dont do it, if I dont know what I am doing.

EDIT: szikszay@szikszay-Latitude-E5530-non-vPro:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade

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. ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 : Depends: libqtcore4:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqtgui4:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-dbus:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-network:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-opengl:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-qt3support:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-script:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-scripttools:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-sql:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-svg:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-test:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-xml:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libcups2:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libcupsimage2:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libcurl3:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libnss3:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libnspr4:i386 but it is not installed Depends: libssl1.0.0:i386 but it is not installed Recommends: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 but it is not installed Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 but it is not installed lib32ffi6 : Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed lib32gcc1 : Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.5) but it is not installed lib32nss-mdns : Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed lib32stdc++6 : Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed lib32z1 : Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libacl1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libattr1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libaudio2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libavahi-client3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed Depends: libdbus-1-3:i386 (>= 1.1.1) but it is not installed libavahi-common3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libcomerr2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.12) but it is not installed libdb5.1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libdrm-intel1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.3.4) but it is not installed libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed libdrm-radeon1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.3.4) but it is not installed libdrm2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed libffi6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libfontconfig1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed Depends: libexpat1:i386 (>= 1.95.8) but it is not installed Depends: libfreetype6:i386 (>= 2.2.1) but it is not installed libgcc1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.2.4) but it is not installed libgcrypt11:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libgdbm3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed libglib2.0-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.9) but it is not installed libgpg-error0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed libice6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.11) but it is not installed libidn11:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libjpeg62:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed libkeyutils1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed liblcms1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed libllvm2.9:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.11) but it is not installed libmng1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.11) but it is not installed libpciaccess0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed libpcre3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed librtmp0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed Depends: libgnutls26:i386 (>= 2.9.11-0) but it is not installed libsasl2-2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libsasl2-modules:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed Depends: libssl1.0.0:i386 (>= 1.0.0) but it is not installed libselinux1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.8) but it is not installed libsm6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libsqlite3-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libstdc++6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libuuid1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libx11-6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libxau6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libxcb1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libxdamage1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed libxdmcp6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libxext6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed libxfixes3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed libxrender1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed libxss1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed libxt6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed libxxf86vm1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installed zlib1g:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installed

E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

szikszay@szikszay-Latitude-E5530-non-vPro:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade -f

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

Correcting dependencies... Done

The following packages will be REMOVED

libc-bin The following NEW packages will be installed libc-bin:i386 libc6:i386 libc6-i386 libcups2:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libexpat1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-designer:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386 libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-svg:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libxi6:i386 The following packages have been kept back: ginn libgrip0 linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic unity unity-common xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics The following packages will be upgraded: accountsservice acpi-support acpid aisleriot alsa-utils app-install-data-partner apparmor appmenu-qt apport apport-gtk apt apt-transport-https apt-utils aptdaemon aptdaemon-data apturl apturl-common at-spi2-core bamfdaemon banshee banshee-extension-soundmenu banshee-extension-ubuntuonemusicstore baobab bind9-host binutils bluez bluez-alsa bluez-cups bluez-gstreamer brasero brasero-cdrkit brasero-common brltty bzip2 ca-certificates-java checkbox checkbox-gtk colord command-not-found command-not-found-data compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins-default compiz-plugins-main-default cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common cups-ppdc dbus dbus-x11 deja-dup desktop-file-utils dnsutils dpkg ecryptfs-utils empathy empathy-common eog evince evince-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common file-roller firefox firefox-globalmenu firefox-gnome-support firefox-locale-en firefox-locale-hu gbrainy gcalctool gconf2 gconf2-common gedit gedit-common ghostscript ghostscript-cups ghostscript-x gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0 gir1.2-unity-4.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0 gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-bluetooth gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data gnome-desktop3-data gnome-font-viewer gnome-games-common gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnome-mahjongg gnome-online-accounts gnome-orca gnome-power-manager gnome-screenshot gnome-search-tool gnome-session gnome-session-bin gnome-session-canberra gnome-session-common gnome-settings-daemon gnome-sudoku gnome-system-log gnome-system-monitor gnome-utils-common gnomine gnupg gpgv grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common gstreamer0.10-gconf gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-bin gvfs-fuse gwibber gwibber-service gwibber-service-facebook gwibber-service-identica gwibber-service-twitter gzip hpijs hplip hplip-cups hplip-data icedtea-6-jre-cacao icedtea-6-jre-jamvm icedtea-netx ifupdown im-switch indicator-datetime indicator-session indicator-sound initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin initscripts insserv isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common iso-codes jockey-common jockey-gtk language-pack-en language-pack-en-base language-pack-gnome-en language-pack-gnome-en-base language-pack-gnome-hu language-pack-gnome-hu-base language-pack-hu language-pack-hu-base language-selector-common language-selector-gnome libaccountsservice0 libapt-inst1.3 libapt-pkg4.11 libarchive1 libasound2-plugins libatk-adaptor libatspi2.0-0 libbamf0 libbamf3-0 libbind9-60 libbluetooth3 libbrasero-media3-1 libbrlapi0.5 libbz2-1.0 libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libcamel-1.2-29 libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk0 libcanberra-gtk3-0 libcanberra-gtk3-module libcanberra-pulse libcanberra0 libcolord1 libcups2 libcupscgi1 libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2 libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libcurl3-gnutls libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2 libdecoration0 libdns69 libebackend-1.2-1 libebook1.2-12 libecal1.2-10 libecryptfs0 libedata-book-1.2-11 libedata-cal-1.2-13 libedataserver1.2-15 libedataserverui-3.0-1 libevince3-3 libexif12 libexpat1 libfreetype6 libgail-3-0 libgail-3-common libgck-1-0 libgconf2-4 libgcr-3-1 libgdata-common libgdata13 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libglu1-mesa libgnome-bluetooth8 libgnome-control-center1 libgnome-desktop-3-2 libgnutls26 libgoa-1.0-0 libgs9 libgs9-common libgssapi-krb5-2 libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common libgtksourceview-3.0-0 libgtksourceview-3.0-common libgudev-1.0-0 libgweather-3-0 libgweather-common libgwibber-gtk2 libgwibber2 libhpmud0 libicu44 libimobiledevice2 libisc62 libisccc60 libisccfg62 libjasper1 libjs-jquery libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libldap-2.4-2 liblightdm-gobject-1-0 liblwres60 libmetacity-private0 libmission-control-plugins0 libmono-cairo4.0-cil libmono-corlib4.0-cil libmono-csharp4.0-cil libmono-i18n-west4.0-cil libmono-i18n4.0-cil libmono-posix4.0-cil libmono-security4.0-cil libmono-sharpzip4.84-cil libmono-system-configuration4.0-cil 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pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils python-apport python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python-aptdaemon.gtkwidgets python-brlapi python-crypto python-cups python-cupshelpers python-egenix-mxdatetime python-egenix-mxtools python-gobject python-gobject-cairo python-httplib2 python-keyring python-launchpadlib python-libproxy python-libxml2 python-pam python-papyon python-pkg-resources python-problem-report python-pyatspi2 python-software-properties python-ubuntuone-client python-ubuntuone-storageprotocol python-uno python2.7 python2.7-minimal qdbus samba-common samba-common-bin seahorse shotwell simple-scan smbclient sni-qt software-center software-properties-common software-properties-gtk sudo system-config-printer-common system-config-printer-gnome system-config-printer-udev sysv-rc sysvinit-utils telepathy-indicator telepathy-mission-control-5 thunderbird thunderbird-globalmenu thunderbird-gnome-support thunderbird-locale-en thunderbird-locale-en-gb thunderbird-locale-en-us thunderbird-locale-hu tomboy totem totem-common totem-mozilla totem-plugins transmission-common transmission-gtk ttf-opensymbol tzdata tzdata-java ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-docs ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-sso-client ubuntu-standard ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client-gnome ubuntuone-couch udev unity-lens-applications unity-services uno-libs3 update-manager update-manager-core update-notifier update-notifier-common upstart ure usbmuxd vim-common vim-tiny vinagre vino whois x11-common xdiagnose xorg xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xul-ext-ubufox

WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.

This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!

libc-bin

498 upgraded, 40 newly installed, 1 to remove and 8 not upgraded.

69 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 439 MB of archives. After this operation, 135 MB of additional disk space will be used. You are about to do something potentially harmful To continue type in the phrase ‘Yes, do as I say!’ ?]

I tried to upgrade but it gives me an error, when i try to upgrade-f it says i should delete libc-bin. Thanks for the answers btw.

EDIT2: it also says this: The package system is broken

If you are using third party repositories then disable them, since they are a common source of problems. Now run the following command in a terminal: apt-get install -f

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