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I am getting a broken count in synaptic and unable to fix it by running:

sudo apt-get -f install

Following is the extract from the terminal:

$ sudo apt-get check
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:
 linux-generic-pae : Depends: linux-image-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.37.44) but 3.2.0.37.45 is installed
                     Depends: linux-headers-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.37.44) but 3.2.0.37.45 is installed
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.distrib' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

The extract after running sudo apt-get -f install is below:

$ 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:
  openclient-about 3270-common ibm-config-anyconnect
  openclient-agnclient-notifications xfonts-x3270-misc libqt4-gui
  ibm-3270-emulator x3270 unity-lens-ocdc anyconnect ibm-cck-ff4
  ibm-lotus-upgrade-fix ibm-ocdc-documentation ocdc-unity-tweaks
  ibm-application-menus
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-generic-pae
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-generic-pae
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 181 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,728 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-pae:
 linux-generic-pae depends on linux-image-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.37.44); however:
  Version of linux-image-generic-pae on system is 3.2.0.37.45.
 linux-generic-pae depends on linux-headers-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.37.44); however:
  Version of linux-headers-generic-pae on system is 3.2.0.37.45.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic-pae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.<br>
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-generic-pae
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.distrib' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I am stuck and unable to do any further installs.

David Foerster
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1 Answers1

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I resolved a nearly identical problem (see below) by running dpkg --remove linux-image-server followed by apt-get install linux-image-server. Or in your case:

sudo dpkg --remove linux-generic-pae
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-pae

My problem was with the linux-image-server kernel metapackage rather than the linux-generic-pae metapackage, but the version numbers were the same:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-server : Depends: linux-image-server (= 3.2.0.37.44) but 3.2.0.37.45 is to be installed
                Depends: linux-headers-server (= 3.2.0.37.44) but 3.2.0.37.45 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
gertvdijk
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  • Had the same problem but with linux-generic package depending on a specific version of linux-image-generic and linux-headers-generic, but a newer version to be installed caused 'Unmet dependencies' error. Solved it with sudo dpkg --remove linux-generic && sudo apt-get install linux-generic. Thanks! – Simón Sep 28 '14 at 04:07
  • In my case the package was linux-image-generic-pae (note the difference between linux-* and linux-image-*—double-check the package names in the error message). Once I ran the two commands with the correct package names, everything was fine. – user149408 Mar 12 '18 at 15:04