After the upgrade, running 'apt-get update' resulted in this error:
# apt-get update
apt-get: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0: symbol _ZNKSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEE7compareERKS4_, version GLIBCXX_3.4.21 not defined in file libstdc++.so.6 with link time reference
To fix this, I tried to manually install libstdc++6:
Download:
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gcc-5/libstdc++6_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2_amd64.deb
Install:
# dpkg -i libstdc++6_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2_amd64.deb
But this failed with:
dpkg: warning: downgrading libstdc++6:amd64 from 6.1.1-3ubuntu11~14.04.1 to 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2
dpkg: regarding libstdc++6_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2_amd64.deb containing libstdc++6:amd64:
libstdc++6:amd64 breaks libboost-date-time1.55.0
libboost-date-time1.55.0:amd64 (version 1.55.0-1) is present and installed.
dpkg: error processing archive libstdc++6_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2_amd64.deb (--install):
installing libstdc++6:amd64 would break libboost-date-time1.55.0:amd64, and
deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help)
Errors were encountered while processing:
libstdc++6_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2_amd64.deb
So, ran this a few times, to remove libboost libraries:
# for p in $(dpkg -l |grep libboost|awk '{print $2}'); do dpkg --purge "$p" ; done
To do a dry-run (ie check what would be removed but not actually do it), add an echo infront of dpkg:
Dry-run (test without removing)
# for p in $(dpkg -l |grep libboost|awk '{print $2}'); do echo dpkg --purge "$p" ; done
And then could finally run:
# dpkg -i libstdc++6_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2_amd64.deb
dpkg: warning: downgrading libstdc++6:amd64 from 6.1.1-3ubuntu11~14.04.1 to 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2
(Reading database ... 147174 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack libstdc++6_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libstdc++6:amd64 (5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) over (6.1.1-3ubuntu11~14.04.1) ...
Setting up libstdc++6:amd64 (5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
And apt-get was working again
Hey hope you see this soon...
ReplyDeleteI am having the same problem right now, so I tried to run this as you said
"for p in $(dpkg -l |grep libboost|awk '{print $2'}); do dpkg --purge "$p" ; done"
It asked me to be superuser, so I did, but its still not happy saying there is a problem with the "do" statement.
I ran it through a online bash syntax checker and this is what I got:
for p in $(dpkg -l |grep libboost|awk '{print $2'}); do dpkg --purge "$p" ; done
^-- SC1083: This } is literal. Check expression (missing ;/\n?) or quote
Help me plz. What should I do, I want my apt-get back ;(
Hi,
DeleteTry to replace this part "$2'}" with "$2}'", so it looks like this:
# for p in $(dpkg -l |grep libboost|awk '{print $2}'); do dpkg --purge "$p" ; done
You can also try this first to see what packages will be remove, without actually removing:
# echo "Try, without removing - just echo the commands"
# for p in $(dpkg -l |grep libboost|awk '{print $2}'); do echo dpkg --purge "$p" ; done
Does this work for you?
Same problem here. Followed the steps but I was unable to solve the problem. Finally I will have to reinstall Ubunto on my laptop. Have it since Ubuntu 10.04, upgraded to 12.04, then to 14.04 with no problems at all. Upgrade to 16.04 ruined it!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that.
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