Careful, I did just a regular Software updater and got a "The package system is broken"

After this KStars would start, but once I launched my profile in EKOS, KStars crashed right away.

I was able to run: sudo apt --fix-broken install
And it seemed to get me back working again. It still crashes, but the second launch stays running.

I'm not trusting the current version, but I think it's kinda running. I think it was libmicam that had the issue. I don't think I use it (I have ZWO cameras).


stellarmate@stellarmate:~$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
ekoslivesharp
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following additional packages will be installed:
libmicam
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libmicam
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/45.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 161 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 185103 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libmicam_1.0~202001312247~ubuntu18.04.1_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking libmicam (1.0~202001312247~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up libmicam (1.0~202001312247~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up indi-mi (1.6~202002010859~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up indi-full (1.8.3~202001312244~ubuntu18.04.1) ...

Same here.. Tried to update 30 min ago. Got "The package system is broken" message.
Nothing got broken though...

after 23 hours same issue - "The package system is broken"

This is normal when a new dependency gets declared. The indi-full package is an empty package that depends on all INDI drivers. If you don’t use the micam driver then you can choose to not install indi-full and everything keeps working. The crash experienced by Megiddo is unrelated to the micam driver. And using the —fix-broken command fixes the dependency issue so nothing is wrong.


HTH, Wouter

FYI, this post is the same issue as here: www.indilib.org/forum/general/6398-error...-indi-mi-driver.html
The software message in the Software Updater gives the command to run to fix the issue. If you "sudo" that command, it will fix itself and you can continue (at least it worked for me....I had the same problem and now it's all good).