ownCloud/client/install error
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Starting with an error-free apt repository and owncloud not installed, apt-get install owncloud-client results in this:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libowncloudsync0 libqtkeychain0 owncloud-client-l10n The following NEW packages will be installed: libowncloudsync0 libqtkeychain0 owncloud-client owncloud-client-l10n 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/1,678 kB of archives. After this operation, 6,254 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Selecting previously unselected package libqtkeychain0:amd64. (Reading database ... 375931 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libqtkeychain0_0.5.0-1build1~gcc5.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libqtkeychain0:amd64 (0.5.0-1build1~gcc5.1) ... Preparing to unpack .../libowncloudsync0_2.1.1-1.1_amd64.deb ... ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/etc/ownCloud/sync-exclude.lst.dpkg-tmp’: File exists dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libowncloudsync0_2.1.1-1.1_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Selecting previously unselected package owncloud-client-l10n. Preparing to unpack .../owncloud-client-l10n_2.1.1-1.1_all.deb ... Unpacking owncloud-client-l10n (2.1.1-1.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package owncloud-client:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../owncloud-client_2.1.1-1.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking owncloud-client:amd64 (2.1.1-1.1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libowncloudsync0_2.1.1-1.1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
This is what happens when I type apt-get -f install after an unsuccessful attempt to install libowncloudsync0:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libowncloudsync0 The following NEW packages will be installed: libowncloudsync0 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/374 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,242 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 376046 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libowncloudsync0_2.1.1-1.1_amd64.deb ... ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/etc/ownCloud/sync-exclude.lst.dpkg-tmp’: File exists dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libowncloudsync0_2.1.1-1.1_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libowncloudsync0_2.1.1-1.1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Tentatively: it's trying to install two copies of libowncloudsync0. Note that it's listed both "extra packages" and "NEW packages".
At this point, apt-get remove owncloud-client produces the following:
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:
owncloud-client-l10n : Depends: owncloud-client (>= 2.1.1-1.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libowncloudsync0 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Here's what happens when I try to apt-get remove libowncloudsync0:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'libowncloudsync0' is not installed, so not removed You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: owncloud-client : Depends: libowncloudsync0 (= 2.1.1-1.1) but it is not going to be installed owncloud-client-l10n : Depends: libowncloudsync0 but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
At this point, the only way to get out of the loop is to install the old version of libowncloudsync, "libowncloudsync0.5", using Synaptic (which notes that owncloud-client and owncloud-client-l10n also need to be removed). This somehow fixes things and you can start over.