Can I delete libc-bin?
- by Balazs Szikszay
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
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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
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libmono-system-configuration4.0-cil libmono-system-core4.0-cil
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libmono-system-xml4.0-cil libmono-system4.0-cil libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil
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libnotify0.4-cil libnspr4 libnss3 libnss3-1d libnux-1.0-0 libnux-1.0-common
libpam-gnome-keyring libpam-modules libpam-modules-bin libpam-runtime
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libssl1.0.0 libsyncdaemon-1.0-1 libt1-5 libtasn1-3 libtiff4 libtinfo5
libtotem0 libubuntuone-1.0-1 libubuntuone1.0-cil libudev0
libunity-core-4.0-4 libunity6 libusbmuxd1 libv4l-0 libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2
libvorbisfile3 libwbclient0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common
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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.
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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
