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I'm trying to install git on an old Ubuntu machine (Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick). But i get the following errors:

sudo apt-get install git
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:
 git : Depends: liberror-perl but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: libdigest-sha1-perl but it is not going to be installed
 libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.13) but 2.17-92+b1 is to be installed
 libc6 : Recommends: libc6-i686
         Breaks: locales (< 2.17) but 2.13+git20100825-1 is to be installed
 libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2) but 2.17-92+b1 is to be installed
 libnih1 : Depends: libc6 (< 2.13) but 2.17-92+b1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

So I do the -f part:

sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.13) but 2.17-92+b1 is installed
 libc6 : Recommends: libc6-i686
         Breaks: locales (< 2.17) but 2.13+git20100825-1 is installed
 libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2) but 2.17-92+b1 is installed
 libnih1 : Depends: libc6 (< 2.13) but 2.17-92+b1 is installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

The thing is, I'm not able to update the Ubuntu kernel (due to some ancient software, but where working on that).

So my question is rather simple... How could I fix these dependencies?

Here's the output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list:

# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security multiverse

Here's the output of apt-get check:

sudo apt-get check
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:
 libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.13) but 2.17-92+b1 is installed
 libc6 : Recommends: libc6-i686
         Breaks: locales (< 2.17) but 2.13+git20100825-1 is installed
 libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2) but 2.17-92+b1 is installed
 libnih1 : Depends: libc6 (< 2.13) but 2.17-92+b1 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

output of sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales:
 libc6 (2.17-92+b1) breaks locales (<< 2.17) and is installed.
  Version of locales to be configured is 2.13+git20100825-1.
dpkg: error processing locales (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 locales
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  • askubuntu.com/questions/140246/…
    – neuron
    Aug 10, 2015 at 9:19
  • @neuron Thank you for your reply. I've already tried those commands (found that page to). I've only did not do the dist-upgrade part, because the ancient software. Unfortunately, it does not fix the problem. I've added the dpkg --configure -a output to
    – Mathlight
    Aug 10, 2015 at 9:25

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
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You've got a newer libc6 than is available in the Maverick repositories. To revert to the appropriate version for Maverick, you can run

sudo apt-get install libc6=2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4 libc-bin=2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4 libc6-dev=2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4 libc-dev-bin=2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4

If the newer libc6 was installed to support some other package, then you'll need to either remove that other package, or upgrade the packages related to libc6 to the appropriate version (from the logs you give, these are locales, libc6-dev, libc-dev-bin, and libnih1).

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  • If I try to run the commando (without worrying about the other packages), i get the following error: Version '2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2' for 'libc6' was not found
    – Mathlight
    Aug 10, 2015 at 11:32
  • OK, looking at what's actually available, you'd need to run sudo apt-get install libc6=2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4 libc6-dev=2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4 to get things going (I'll update my answer accordingly).
    – Stephen Kitt
    Aug 10, 2015 at 11:36
  • Alright, This is better. Here's the output of the command. Sorry if I'm to dumb, do i now how to like downgrade or something the isc-dhcp-client and other packages?
    – Mathlight
    Aug 10, 2015 at 11:42
  • Yes. I've added the missing -bin packages to the command-line in my answer; for the DHCP packages you need to use apt-cache policy to determine the appropriate versions and add those to the apt-get install command.
    – Stephen Kitt
    Aug 10, 2015 at 11:44
  • Hmm, unable to locate package -bin & -dev-bin But I'll look into that later. And I guess that I've got the only available version for isc-dhcp-client, right? Pastebin with output
    – Mathlight
    Aug 10, 2015 at 11:55

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