[PLUG] Xubuntu Software Updater Fails

[Ben Koenig]

On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 4:37 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

> On 9/2/19 4:28 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 3:51 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> wrote:
>
> It was too many months ago to remember. My recollection is that there
> wasn't a repo way, so I probably used the .deb. If I did, then I might
> have grabbed the wrong one. It seems to work, though.
>
>
Ok, so this is where I tell you that it isn't working. Set aside for a
moment the fact that google earth opens, and focus on the fact that you are
seeing errors when attempting to use apt and dpkg

Note the following error...
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary/-i386/Packages' as
repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
doesn't suppor architechture'i386'

Clearly, your package manager is upset about google earth being installed.
If it wasn't a problem, you wouldn't be seeing an error.

What's happening here is a dependency conflict of some sort. Package
versions are not lining up, and so apt/dpkg is disabling itself due to
unresolved errors with certain packages. The solution in your case is to
uninstall all offending packages, clear out the apt cache files and start
fresh with an apt-get update command.

In ubuntu, broken and/or misconfigured packages can bring down the entire
package manager. This typically results in unexpected errors when
performing software updates.