My apt got messed up installing boost
apt, boost, ubuntu
Solution
Some commands are redundant, but for a good measure:
sudo apt-get --purge remove libboost-all-dev libboost-dev libboost-doc
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libboost1.54-dev
Be slightly careful about `apt-get clean` - it clears the local repo of retrieved packages in `/var/cache/apt/archives`. You shouldn’t have stored anything there, nor any application, but just be aware that the cache will be gone.
Problem
On ubuntu ``` #> sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev 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. libboost-all-dev : Depends: libboost-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-atomic-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-chrono-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-context-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-date-time-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-exception-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-filesystem-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-graph-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-graph-parallel-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-iostreams-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-locale-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-math-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-mpi-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-mpi-python-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-program-options-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-python-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-random-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-regex-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-serialization-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-signals-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-system-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-test-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-thread-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-timer-dev but it is not going to be installed Depends: libboost-wave-dev but it is not going to be installed libboost-chrono1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-date-time1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-exception1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-filesystem1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-graph-parallel1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-graph1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-iostreams1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-locale1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-log1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-math1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-mpi1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-program-options1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-python1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-random1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-regex1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-serialization1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-signals1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-system1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-test1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-thread1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-timer1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost-wave1.54-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev (= 1.54.0-2ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed libboost1.54-all-dev : Depends: libboost1.54-dev but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). ``` That last line: Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). Okay. ``` #> sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libboost-atomic1.53.0 libboost-chrono1.53.0 libboost-context1.53.0 libboost-graph-parallel1.53.0 libboost-graph1.53.0 libboost-iostreams1.53.0 libboost-math1.53.0 libboost-mpi1.53.0 libboost-python1.53.0 libboost-random1.53.0 libboost-serialization1.53.0 libboost-signals1.53.0 libboost-test1.53.0 libboost-timer1.53.0 libboost-tools-dev libboost-wave1.53.0 libboost1.53-tools-dev openjdk-7-jre-lib Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: libboost1.54-dev Suggested packages: libboost1.54-doc libboost-coroutine.54-dev libboost-log.54-dev doxygen default-jdk fop The following NEW packages will be installed libboost1.54-dev 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 51 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/10.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 101 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 253168 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libboost1.54-dev (from .../libboost1.54-dev_1.54.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.54-dev_1.54.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/boostbook/xsl/docbook-layout.xsl', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.54-dev_1.54.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ``` How do I get out of this mess? Thanks.