Great news! I have been watching quietly on the sidelines as my knowledge
is not enough to have given useful help. But well done
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 23:29, Richard Glynos <richardmglynos@???>
wrote:
> Oh goodness me! It looks like everything has been sorted out now. I tried
> once more with
> apt-get -f install
> and this time unlike the previous times apt appears to have fixed things.
> Here is the output:
>
> root@rglynsvr:~# apt-get -f install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> libsystemd0 libudev1 systemd udev
> Suggested packages:
> systemd-ui
> Recommended packages:
> libpam-systemd
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> udev
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> libsystemd0 libudev1 systemd
> 3 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
> Need to get 3,616 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 6,068 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> Get:1
> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
> jessie/updates/main libudev1 i386 215-17+deb8u13 [61.4 kB]
> Get:2
> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
> jessie/updates/main udev i386 215-17+deb8u13 [880 kB]
> Get:3
> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
> jessie/updates/main systemd i386 215-17+deb8u13 [2,576 kB]
> Get:4
> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
> jessie/updates/main libsystemd0 i386 215-17+deb8u13 [98.3 kB]
> Fetched 3,616 kB in 0s (5,813 kB/s)
> Reading changelogs...
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 96197 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_215-17+deb8u13_i386.deb ...
> Unpacking libudev1:i386 (215-17+deb8u13) over (215-17+deb8u12) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package udev.
> Preparing to unpack .../udev_215-17+deb8u13_i386.deb ...
> Unpacking udev (215-17+deb8u13) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package systemd.
> Preparing to unpack .../systemd_215-17+deb8u13_i386.deb ...
> Unpacking systemd (215-17+deb8u13) over (215-17+deb8u12) ...
> Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_215-17+deb8u13_i386.deb ...
> Unpacking libsystemd0:i386 (215-17+deb8u13) over (215-17+deb8u12) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
> Processing triggers for dbus (1.8.22-0+deb8u1) ...
> Setting up libsystemd0:i386 (215-17+deb8u13) ...
> Setting up libudev1:i386 (215-17+deb8u13) ...
> Setting up udev (215-17+deb8u13) ...
> addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
> Setting up systemd (215-17+deb8u13) ...
> addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group.
> Exiting.
> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...
> :~#
>
> I can't say I'm totally clear on what has corrected the system, I'm
> guessing a combination of correcting the sources.lists and the final
> apt-get -f install .
>
> Well anyway, many thanks to all for the suggestions and help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard.
>
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 17:09, Richard Glynos <richardmglynos@???>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> Yes, I did do apt update after changing sources.
>>
>> Here is the output of apt -a show systemd. I issued the command without
>> the -a initially but at the end of the output it said there were two
>> additional records and suggested adding -a to the command. Have I got two
>> systemd versions mixing things up perhaps?
>>
>> --------------------
>> ~# apt -a show systemd
>> Package: systemd
>> Version: 215-17+deb8u13
>> Installed-Size: 12.2 MB
>> Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers <
>> pkg-systemd-maintainers@???>
>> Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libblkid1 (>=
>> 2.19.1), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup4 (>= 2:1.4.3), libkmod2 (>=
>> 5~), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9), libsystemd0 (=
>> 215-17+deb8u13), util-linux (>= 2.19.1-2), mount (>= 2.21), initscripts (>=
>> 2.88dsf-53.2), sysv-rc, udev (>= 208-8), acl, adduser, libcap2-bin
>> Suggests: systemd-ui
>> Conflicts: klogd
>> Breaks: lsb-base (<< 4.1+Debian4), lvm2 (<< 2.02.104-1), systemd-shim (<<
>> 8-2)
>> Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
>> Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), liblzma5 (>=
>> 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
>> Recommends: libpam-systemd, dbus
>> Section: admin
>> Priority: extra
>> Download-Size: 2,576 kB
>> APT-Sources:
>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
>> jessie/updates/main i386 Packages
>> Description: system and service manager
>> systemd is a replacement for sysvinit. It is dependency-based and
>> able to read the LSB init script headers in addition to parsing rcN.d
>> links as hints.
>> .
>> It also provides process supervision using cgroups and the ability to
>> not only depend on other init script being started, but also
>> availability of a given mount point or dbus service.
>>
>> Installing the systemd package will not switch your init system unless you
>> boot with init=/bin/systemd or install systemd-sysv in addition.
>>
>> Package: systemd
>> Version: 215-17+deb8u7
>> Installed-Size: 12.2 MB
>> Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers <
>> pkg-systemd-maintainers@???>
>> Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libblkid1 (>=
>> 2.19.1), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup4 (>= 2:1.4.3), libkmod2 (>=
>> 5~), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9), libsystemd0 (=
>> 215-17+deb8u7), util-linux (>= 2.19.1-2), mount (>= 2.21), initscripts (>=
>> 2.88dsf-53.2), sysv-rc, udev (>= 208-8), acl, adduser, libcap2-bin
>> Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), liblzma5 (>=
>> 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
>> Recommends: libpam-systemd, dbus
>> Suggests: systemd-ui
>> Conflicts: klogd
>> Breaks: lsb-base (<< 4.1+Debian4), lvm2 (<< 2.02.104-1), systemd-shim (<<
>> 8-2)
>> Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
>> Section: admin
>> Priority: important
>> Download-Size: 2,574 kB
>> APT-Sources:
>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/
>> jessie/main i386 Packages
>> Description: system and service manager
>> systemd is a replacement for sysvinit. It is dependency-based and
>> able to read the LSB init script headers in addition to parsing rcN.d
>> links as hints.
>> .
>> It also provides process supervision using cgroups and the ability to
>> not only depend on other init script being started, but also
>> availability of a given mount point or dbus service.
>> .
>> Installing the systemd package will not switch your init system unless
>> you
>> boot with init=/bin/systemd or install systemd-sysv in addition.
>>
>> --------------------------
>>
>> Also, here is the result of
>>
>> # apt -s install systemd udev libpam-systemd
>>
>> root@rglynsvr:~# apt -s install systemd udev libpam-systemd
>> 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:
>> libpam-systemd : Depends: systemd-shim (>= 8-2) but it is not going to
>> be installed or
>> systemd-sysv but it is not going to be
>> installed
>> systemd : Depends: libsystemd0 (= 215-17+deb8u13) but 215-17+deb8u12 is
>> to be installed
>> udev : Depends: libudev1 (= 215-17+deb8u13) but 215-17+deb8u12 is to be
>> installed
>> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
>> specify a solution).
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 15:14, Andy Smith <andy@???> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Richard,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 02:52:59PM +0200, Richard Glynos wrote:
>>> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>> > libpam-systemd : Depends: systemd (= 215-17+deb8u7) but 215-17+deb8u12
>>> is to be installed
>>>
>>> I'm a bit curious as to why it seems to be trying to install version
>>> 215-17+deb8u12 of systemd when jessie/updates has 215-17+deb8u13:
>>>
>>> https://packages.debian.org/jessie/systemd
>>>
>>> Did you do "apt update" after changing your sources.list?
>>>
>>> Do it again anyway, just to be sure. Then try this again. And if it
>>> doesn't work can you please show the output of:
>>>
>>> $ apt show systemd
>>>
>>> Also:
>>>
>>> # apt -s install systemd udev libpam-systemd
>>>
>>> (The -s is for simulate so this won't do anything except tell us
>>> what it wanted to do)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Andy
>>>
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