Error during mint upgrade

[razerrazer]

The following packages have unmet dependencies: aptitude : Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1) but it is not installable caja-admin : Depends: python-gi but it is not installed hplip : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed libapt-inst2.0 : Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9) but it is not installable libapt-pkg-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.1 but it is not installable Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9) but it is not installable libcairo-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.1 but it is not installable libcommon-sense-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.1 but it is not installable Depends: perl (< 5.26.2~) but 5.30.0-9build1 is installed libept1.5.0 : Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9) but it is not installable libfcgi-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libfile-fcntllock-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libglib-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libgtk2-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libharfbuzz-dev : Depends: gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 (= 2.6.4-1ubuntu4) but 1.7.2-1ubuntu1 is installed libhtml-parser-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libimage-magick-q16-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.1 but it is not installable libio-pty-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable liblist-moreutils-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable liblocale-gettext-perl : PreDepends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libnet-dbus-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libnet-libidn-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libpango-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libperlio-gzip-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libsocket6-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libsub-name-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libtext-charwidth-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libtext-iconv-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libuuid-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libxml-parser-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable onboard : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python-gi-cairo : Depends: python-gi (= 3.26.1-2ubuntu1) but it is not installed python3-apt : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.6.5~) but it is not installable python3-brlapi : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-cairo : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-crypto : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-cups : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-dbus : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-gi-cairo : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed Depends: python3-gi (= 3.26.1-2ubuntu1) but 3.36.0-1 is installed python3-pycurl : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed synaptic : Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9) but it is not installable E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

All checks and everything went through. But i had to reset the system back via USB and timeshift

[clefebvre]

Which PPAs were you using if any?

[razerrazer]

Hi Clefebvre, I use some PPAs see attached file.

[razerrazer]

I tried to remove every PPAs except of these:

But the problem remains, i had to take it back from backup again.

• Running fallback command 'sudo apt-get install -fyq'... Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra dh-python grub2-theme-mint libart-2.0-2 libatomic1:i386 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcom-err2:i386 libdb5.3:i386 libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libedit2:i386 libelf1:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libffi7:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libglvnd0:i386 libgnome-2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgraphicsmagick++1-dev libgraphicsmagick1-dev libidl-2-0 libllvm9:i386 libncurses5:i386 liborbit-2-0 liborbit2 libpangox-1.0-0 libpciaccess0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpython-dev libstdc++6:i386 libtiff5-dev libtinfo5:i386 libwebp-dev libx11-xcb1:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386 libxcb-dri3-0:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-present0:i386 libxcb-sync1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxshmfence1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 libzstd-dev linux-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-39 linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-40 linux-image-5.3.0-62-generic linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-modules-5.3.0-62-generic linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-62-generic python-pip-whl Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: aptitude aptitude-common aspell caja-admin compizconfig-settings-manager crudini gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 gtk-doc-tools libapt-pkg-perl libaspell15 libbrlapi0.7 libcairo-perl libcairo-script-interpreter2 libcairo2-dev libcommon-sense-perl libcwidget4 libdjvulibre-dev libdjvulibre21 libenchant-2-2 libept1.6.0 libfcgi-perl libfile-fcntllock-perl libfontconfig1-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libglib-perl libgspell-1-2 libgtk2-perl libhtml-parser-perl libilmbase-dev libimage-magick-q16-perl libio-pty-perl liblist-moreutils-perl liblocale-gettext-perl liblqr-1-0-dev libmagick++-6-headers libmagick++-6.q16-8 libmagick++-6.q16-dev libmagick++-dev libmagickcore-6-arch-config libmagickcore-6-headers libmagickcore-6.q16-6 libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra libmagickcore-6.q16-dev libmagickwand-6-headers libmagickwand-6.q16-6 libmagickwand-6.q16-dev libnet-dbus-perl libnet-libidn-perl libopenexr-dev libpango-perl libperlio-gzip-perl libpixman-1-dev libpython2-stdlib librsvg2-dev libsocket6-perl libsub-name-perl libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libuuid-perl libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 libxapian30 libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxml-parser-perl libxrender-dev libxt-dev libzbar-dev libzbar0 onboard onboard-common printer-driver-postscript-hp python-cairo python-caja-common python-crypto python-dbus python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-gi python-gi-cairo python-gobject-2 python-mock python-numpy python-pbr python-pil python-pkg-resources python-pypdf2 python-setproctitle python-setuptools python-sip python-six python-xdg python-xlib python2 python2-minimal python3-apt python3-brlapi python3-cairo python3-caja python3-compizconfig python3-crypto python3-cups python3-dbus python3-gi-cairo python3-iniparse python3-lxml python3-pycurl python3-pygments synaptic xed xed-common xed-dbg Suggested packages: aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc apt-xapian-index debtags tasksel aspell-doc spellutils dblatex libfont-freetype-perl libcairo2-doc libcwidget-dev libenchant-2-voikko libgtk2-perl-doc inkscape libjxr-tools librsvg2-doc xapian-tools libxt-doc hplip python-dbus-dbg python-dbus-doc python-enum34-doc python-funcsigs-doc python-gobject-2-dbg python-mock-doc gfortran python-dev python-pytest python-numpy-dbg python-numpy-doc python-pil-doc python-pil-dbg python-setuptools-doc python2-doc python-tk python3-apt-dbg python-apt-doc python3-dbus-dbg python3-lxml-dbg python-lxml-doc libcurl4-gnutls-dev python-pycurl-doc python3-pycurl-dbg python-pygments-doc ttf-bitstream-vera dwww menu deborphan software-properties-gtk Recommended packages: pluma enchant-2 mesa-vulkan-drivers | vulkan-icd mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 | vulkan-icd:i386 onboard-data python-olefile python3-html5lib The following packages will be REMOVED: fahcontrol graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat hplip libapt-inst2.0 libept1.5.0 libpython-stdlib libsensors4:i386 mate-sensors-applet python python-caja python-compizconfig python-configobj python-dev python-gconf python-glade2 python-gnome2 python-gtk2 python-iniparse python-ldb python-minimal python-notify python-opencv python-parted python-pip python-pyorbit python-qt4 python-qt4-dbus python-reportlab python-reportlab-accel python-zbar The following NEW packages will be installed: gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 libbrlapi0.7 libcairo-script-interpreter2 libcairo2-dev libcwidget4 libdjvulibre-dev libenchant-2-2 libept1.6.0 libfontconfig1-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgspell-1-2 libilmbase-dev liblqr-1-0-dev libmagick++-6-headers libmagick++-6.q16-8 libmagick++-6.q16-dev libmagick++-dev libmagickcore-6-arch-config libmagickcore-6-headers libmagickcore-6.q16-6 libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra libmagickcore-6.q16-dev libmagickwand-6-headers libmagickwand-6.q16-6 libmagickwand-6.q16-dev libopenexr-dev libpixman-1-dev libpython2-stdlib librsvg2-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxrender-dev libxt-dev python-enum34 python-gi python-setuptools python2 python2-minimal python3-caja python3-compizconfig python3-iniparse python3-lxml python3-pygments The following packages will be upgraded: aptitude aptitude-common aspell caja-admin compizconfig-settings-manager crudini gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 gtk-doc-tools libapt-pkg-perl libaspell15 libcairo-perl libcommon-sense-perl libdjvulibre21 libfcgi-perl libfile-fcntllock-perl libglib-perl libgtk2-perl libhtml-parser-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl libio-pty-perl liblist-moreutils-perl liblocale-gettext-perl libnet-dbus-perl libnet-libidn-perl libpango-perl libperlio-gzip-perl libsocket6-perl libsub-name-perl libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libuuid-perl libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 libxapian30 libxml-parser-perl libzbar-dev libzbar0 onboard onboard-common printer-driver-postscript-hp python-cairo python-caja-common python-crypto python-dbus python-funcsigs python-gi-cairo python-gobject-2 python-mock python-numpy python-pbr python-pil python-pkg-resources python-pypdf2 python-setproctitle python-sip python-six python-xdg python-xlib python3-apt python3-brlapi python3-cairo python3-crypto python3-cups python3-dbus python3-gi-cairo python3-pycurl synaptic xed xed-common xed-dbg 70 upgraded, 43 newly installed, 30 to remove and 658 not upgraded. 20 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/32,4 MB of archives. After this operation, 33,2 MB of additional disk space will be used. Extracting templates from packages: 100% Setting up python3 (3.8.2-0ubuntu2) ... running python rtupdate hooks for python3.8... E: py3compile:183: cannot create directory /usr/share/hplip/ui5/pycache: FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory') /usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py:2061: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal. Did you mean "=="? if weburl is "" or weburl is None: /usr/share/hplip/check-plugin.py:116: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal. Did you mean "=="? if log_level is 'debug': /usr/share/hplip/check.py:685: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="? if 'getfacl' not in g and '' is not g and 'file' not in g: /usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py:2074: SyntaxWarning: "is" with a literal. Did you mean "=="? if home_dir is "": Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.8/py_compile.py", line 197, in main compile(filename, doraise=True) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/py_compile.py", line 142, in compile source_bytes = loader.get_data(file) File "", line 972, in get_data FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/hplip/ui5/aboutdialog.py'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/py_compile.py", line 218, in sys.exit(main()) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/py_compile.py", line 204, in main if quiet < 2: NameError: name 'quiet' is not defined error running python rtupdate hook hplip-data dpkg: error processing package python3 (--configure): installed python3 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 4 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-gi: python3-gi depends on python3 (<< 3.9); however: Package python3 is not configured yet. python3-gi depends on python3 (>= 3.8~); however: Package python3 is not configured yet. python3-gi depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python3-gi (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: python3 python3-gi E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

• An issue was detected during the upgrade, running dist-upgrade in manual mode.... Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: aptitude : Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1) but it is not installable caja-admin : Depends: python-gi but it is not installed hplip : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed libapt-inst2.0 : Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9) but it is not installable libapt-pkg-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.1 but it is not installable Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9) but it is not installable libcairo-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.1 but it is not installable libcommon-sense-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.1 but it is not installable Depends: perl (< 5.26.2~) but 5.30.0-9build1 is installed libept1.5.0 : Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9) but it is not installable libfcgi-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libfile-fcntllock-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libglib-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libgtk2-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libharfbuzz-dev : Depends: gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 (= 2.6.4-1ubuntu4) but 1.7.2-1ubuntu1 is installed libhtml-parser-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libimage-magick-q16-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.1 but it is not installable libio-pty-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable liblist-moreutils-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable liblocale-gettext-perl : PreDepends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libnet-dbus-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libnet-libidn-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libpango-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libperlio-gzip-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libsocket6-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libsub-name-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libtext-charwidth-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libtext-iconv-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libuuid-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable libxml-parser-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.26.0 but it is not installable onboard : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python-gi-cairo : Depends: python-gi (= 3.26.1-2ubuntu1) but it is not installed python3-apt : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.6.5~) but it is not installable python3-brlapi : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-cairo : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-crypto : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-cups : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-dbus : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed python3-gi-cairo : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed Depends: python3-gi (= 3.26.1-2ubuntu1) but 3.36.0-1 is installed python3-pycurl : Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 is installed synaptic : Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9) but it is not installable E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[razerrazer]

This issue have been solved, i removed everything under PPAs + Removed everything under Additional repository's :

Removed all foreign packages and downgraded foreign packages.