ubuntu desktop

[areku]

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Hi there,
I recently set up my server with the latest ubuntu. I used the server edition and installed webmin to administer it remotely. I also tried installing the Gnome desktop with the command "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop"
It started downloading all the packages and installing them. I thought that would be it...
Now I get the message:

"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem."

when ever I try to install anything.
I have tried running this suggested command and I get this:

Setting up dbus (1.1.20-1ubuntu2) ...
Warning: The home dir /var/run/dbus you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory
The user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting.
chown: cannot access `/var/run/dbus': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rhythmbox:
rhythmbox depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing rhythmbox (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-mozilla:
totem-mozilla depends on dbus (>= 0.61); however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing totem-mozilla (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal:
hal depends on dbus (>= 0.61); however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing hal (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-mount:
gnome-mount depends on hal; however:
Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-mount (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dhcdbd:
dhcdbd depends on dbus (>= 0.60); however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dhcdbd (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-volume-manager:
gnome-volume-manager depends on gnome-mount; however:
Package gnome-mount is not configured yet.
gnome-volume-manager depends on hal (>= 0.5.5.1); however:
Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-volume-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier:
update-notifier depends on hal; however:
Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-notifier (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-0:
libgnomevfs2-0 depends on dbus (>= 0.90); however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtkhtml3.14-19:
libgtkhtml3.14-19 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgtkhtml3.14-19 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of evolution-plugins:
evolution-plugins depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
evolution-plugins depends on libgtkhtml3.14-19 (>= 3.18.2); however:
Package libgtkhtml3.14-19 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing evolution-plugins (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dbus-x11 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgail-gnome-module:
libgail-gnome-module depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgail-gnome-module (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
ubuntu-desktop depends on gnome-volume-manager; however:
Package gnome-volume-manager is not configured yet.
ubuntu-desktop depends on hal; however:
Package hal is not configured yet.
ubuntu-desktop depends on update-notifier; however:
Package update-notifier is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-utils:
gnome-utils depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-utils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tracker-search-tool:
tracker-search-tool depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tracker-search-tool (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support:
xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-plugins:
totem-plugins depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing totem-plugins (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libedata-book1.2-2:
libedata-book1.2-2 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libedata-book1.2-2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager:
network-manager depends on dbus (>= 0.60); however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
network-manager depends on dhcdbd (>= 1.12-2); however:
Package dhcdbd is not configured yet.
network-manager depends on hal (>= 0.5.7.1); however:
Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of evolution:
evolution depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
evolution depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
evolution depends on libgtkhtml3.14-19 (>= 3.18.2); however:
Package libgtkhtml3.14-19 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing evolution (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-screensaver:
gnome-screensaver depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-screensaver (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of f-spot:
f-spot depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
f-spot depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing f-spot (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libedata-cal1.2-6:
libedata-cal1.2-6 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libedata-cal1.2-6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome-vfs2.0-cil:
libgnome-vfs2.0-cil depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome-vfs2.0-cil (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bluez-utils:
bluez-utils depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing bluez-utils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2-0:
libgnome2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-spell:
gnome-spell depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.14.1); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
gnome-spell depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-spell (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets:
gnome-applets depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
gnome-applets depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-applets (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-gnome:
policykit-gnome depends on dbus-x11; however:
Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
policykit-gnome depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing policykit-gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tracker:
tracker depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tracker (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-bin:
libgnomevfs2-bin depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of compiz-gnome:
compiz-gnome depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
compiz-gnome depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing compiz-gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ekiga:
ekiga depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
ekiga depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ekiga (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of avahi-daemon:
avahi-daemon depends on dbus (>= 0.60); however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing avahi-daemon (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager-gnome:
network-manager-gnome depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
network-manager-gnome depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
network-manager-gnome depends on network-manager (>= 0.6.5); however:
Package network-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager-gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gimp-gnomevfs:
gimp-gnomevfs depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gimp-gnomevfs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-power-manager:
gnome-power-manager depends on hal (>= 0.5.10); however:
Package hal is not configured yet.
gnome-power-manager depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
gnome-power-manager depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-power-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libbonoboui2-0:
libbonoboui2-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libbonoboui2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libbonoboui2-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gnome2:
python-gnome2 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-gnome2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-terminal:
gnome-terminal depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of eog:
eog depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
eog depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing eog (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-system-monitor:
gnome-system-monitor depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-system-monitor (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gconf-editor:
gconf-editor depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gconf-editor (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-settings-daemon:
gnome-settings-daemon depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
gnome-settings-daemon depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
gnome-settings-daemon depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-settings-daemon (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of compiz:
compiz depends on compiz-gnome; however:
Package compiz-gnome is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing compiz (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openoffice.org-gnome:
openoffice.org-gnome depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-share:
nautilus-share depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
nautilus-share depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
nautilus-share depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-share (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2.0-cil:
libgnome2.0-cil depends on libgnome-vfs2.0-cil (>= 2.20.0); however:
Package libgnome-vfs2.0-cil is not configured yet.
libgnome2.0-cil depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2.0-cil (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-cd-burner:
nautilus-cd-burner depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-cd-burner (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtkhtml3.16-cil:
libgtkhtml3.16-cil depends on libgtkhtml3.14-19 (>= 3.18.0); however:
Package libgtkhtml3.14-19 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgtkhtml3.16-cil (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:252: process_queue: Assertion `!queuelen' failed.


Could anybody help me sort this as i'm not sure what do to, I was hoping to use vnc to remotely use the GUI occasionaly. But I need to install perl more urgently then this but I cant as this seams to have done something to apt

If any more information is needed I can get it, think I covered everything though?
Thanks for any advice
Alex

[devils casper]

Hi !

Execute this

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Post error message here, if any.

[areku]

Hi!
Thanks for the quick reply!... Tried your suggestion and I get this error message again:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

[devils casper]

Execute this command 4-5 times:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Execute exact command.

[areku]

Get the same message as before...as in the big long one =[

[devils casper]

Post the output of this

cat /etc/lsb-release
uname -a

[areku]

administrator@macserv:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04"
administrator@macserv:~$ uname -a
Linux macserv 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:58:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[devils casper]

Execute this

sudo mkdir /var/run/dbus
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --configure -a

[areku]

Thats seams to be doing something... Alot of setting up.
I'll let you know the out come. Looks like it might be a while.

[devils casper]

A lot of users are getting same error during Hardy ( 8.04 ) package upgrade/install. Above solution worked for almost all users.
I hope it will sort out your problem too.