I posted this on ServerFault and got some helpful-looking questions, but no answer in terms of what can I do. What, on a low level, can I do to completely exorcise a package that is jamming aptitude upgrades?
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I have a libssl-dev package installed, possibly because I am not sure if I bypassed the package manager, and it's visible from the package manager but won't go away.
root@li393-189:/home/jonathan/python-amazon-product-api-0.2.5# aptitude purge l
ibssl-dev
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libssl-dev{p}
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
apt
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 84 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 4,929 kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Setting up apt (0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10) ...
gpg: Invalid option "--primary-keyring"
gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=03)
gpg: read_keyblock: read error: invalid packet
gpg: enum_keyblocks(read) failed: invalid keyring
gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
dpkg: error processing apt (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up apt (0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10) ...
gpg: Invalid option "--primary-keyring"
gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=03)
gpg: read_keyblock: read error: invalid packet
gpg: enum_keyblocks(read) failed: invalid keyring
gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
dpkg: error processing apt (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt
I want the presently installed libssl-dev to be replaced with a fresh package installation. No configuration of aptitude I've seen yet will remove it.
How can I remove the existing package to be able to reinstall it from scratch?
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@Brigo, I had tried with aptitude rather than just apt-get, but apt-get gives what looks to me like an apparent equivalent:
root@li393-189:/home/jonathan/python-amazon-product-api-0.2.5# apt-get remove lI want the presently installed libssl-dev to be replaced with a fresh package installation. No configuration of aptitude I've seen yet will remove it.How can I remove the existing package to be able to reinstall it from scratch?
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@Brigo, I had tried with aptitude rather than just apt-get, but apt-get gives what looks to me like an apparent equivalent:
root@li393-189:/home/jonathan/python-amazon-product-api-0.2.5# apt-get remove l ibssl-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libssl-dev 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 84 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 4,929 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Setting up apt (0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10) ... gpg: gpg: Invalid option "--primary-keyring" [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=03) gpg: read_keyblock: read error: invalid packet gpg: enum_keyblocks(read) failed: invalid keyring gpg: WARNING: nothing exported dpkg: error processing apt (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: apt E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) root@li393-189:/home/jonathan/python-amazon-product-api-0.2.5#--EDIT--
Here is the output to the suggested
root@li393-189:~# sh -x /usr/bin/apt-key update + set -e + unset GREP_OPTIONS + mktemp + SECRETKEYRING=/tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3 + trap rm -f '/tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3' 0 HUP INT QUIT ILL ABRT FPE SEGV PIPE TERM + GPG_CMD=gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3 + id -u + [ 0 -eq 0 ] + GPG_CMD=gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3 --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg + GPG=gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3 --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg + MASTER_KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-master-keyring.gpg + ARCHIVE_KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg + REMOVED_KEYS=/usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-removed-keys.gpg + ARCHIVE_KEYRING_URI=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/project/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg + TMP_KEYRING=/var/lib/apt/keyrings/maybe-import-keyring.gpg + [ update = --keyring ] + TRUSTEDFILE=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg + apt-config shell TRUSTEDFILE Apt::GPGV::TrustedKeyring + eval + apt-config shell TRUSTEDFILE Dir::Etc::Trusted/f + eval TRUSTEDFILE='/etc/apt/trusted.gpg' + TRUSTEDFILE=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg + [ -r /etc/apt/trusted.gpg ] + GPG=gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3 --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg + GPG=gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3 --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg + TRUSTEDPARTS=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d + apt-config shell TRUSTEDPARTS Dir::Etc::TrustedParts/d + eval TRUSTEDPARTS='/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/' + TRUSTEDPARTS=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ + [ -d /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ ] + run-parts --list /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ --regex ^.*\.gpg$ + command=update + [ -z update ] + shift + [ update != help ] + which gpg + update + [ ! -f /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg ] + requires_root + id -u + [ 0 -ne 0 ] + gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options+ --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --quiet --batch --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3 --keyring --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --export --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --import gpg: Invalid option "--primary-keyring" gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=03) gpg: read_keyblock: read error: invalid packet gpg: enum_keyblocks(read) failed: invalid keyring gpg: WARNING: nothing exported + rm -f /tmp/tmp.yKRn2OqlH3sh -x /usr/bin/apt-key update.
