SUMMARY Discover update fails to update stating unmet dependencies. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open Discover Update 2. Wait for updates to be fetched. OBSERVED RESULT Error dialog opens with the following: The following packages have unmet dependencies: neon-desktop: Depends: kinfocenter but it is not going to be installed Depends: kio-extras but it is not going to be installed Depends: powerdevil but it is not going to be installed Depends: sddm-theme-breeze but it is not going to be installed Recommends: dolphin but it is not going to be installed Recommends: dolphin-plugins but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gwenview but it is not going to be installed Recommends: hplip but it is not going to be installed Recommends: konsole but it is not going to be installed Recommends: okular but it is not going to be installed Recommends: phonon4qt5-backend-vlc but it is not going to be installed Recommends: plasma-widgets-addons but it is not going to be installed Recommends: plasma-workspace-wayland but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc but it is not going to be installed plasma-desktop: Depends: plasma-workspace (>= 4:5.14) but it is not going to be installed Depends: qml-module-org-kde-pipewire but it is not going to be installed Depends: libkf5notifyconfig5 but it is not going to be installed Depends: phonon4qt5 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: khelpcenter but it is not going to be installed Recommends: kinfocenter (>= 4:5.14) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: kio-extras but it is not going to be installed Recommends: powerdevil (>= 4:5.14) but it is not going to be installed EXPECTED RESULT No error dialog. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon 5.27 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The same happens when I try updating with pkcon as well.
This doesn't seem to be a general issue and tests I've run work fine so there's nothing more niche about your current setup causing it. What is the output of apt update; apt full-upgrade ? What is the output of apt install konsole ?
sudo apt update; apt full-upgrade Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB] Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [119 kB] Hit:6 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:7 https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable stable InRelease Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/appimagelauncher-team/stable/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:9 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease Get:10 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable InRelease [3,569 B] Ign:1 https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable InRelease Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cappelikan/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease [18.1 kB] Get:13 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy InRelease [41.3 kB] Get:11 https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable Release [3,840 B] Hit:14 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:15 https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable Release.gpg [833 B] Get:16 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user jammy InRelease [189 kB] Get:17 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-updates InRelease [41.3 kB] Get:18 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable/main amd64 Packages [8,247 B] Get:19 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-proposed InRelease [41.4 kB] Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages [728 kB] Hit:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main i386 Packages [467 kB] Get:23 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease [23.8 kB] Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main i386 Packages [279 kB] Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [41.6 kB] Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [9,020 B] Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 Packages [715 kB] Get:28 https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable/main amd64 Packages [1,144 B] Hit:29 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:30 https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable/main amd64 Contents (deb) [10.1 kB] Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages [990 kB] Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe i386 Packages [519 kB] Get:33 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [18.5 kB] Get:34 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [14.1 kB] Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [101 kB] Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [13.9 kB] Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe i386 Packages [607 kB] Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages [898 kB] Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [270 kB] Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [18.5 kB] Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [940 B] Hit:42 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-5.1-releases/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:43 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages [132 kB] Err:43 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages File has unexpected size (131972 != 132036). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 91.189.91.49 80] Hashes of expected file: - Filesize:132036 [weak] - SHA512:0fb0e1f9a3ea81c8a9a918c0aba25887a1ed1895e1bb02d29dd9124cfdabce5cc14f3119180b1a73c1116dc21b6b7e66ffcde6aa49e0b6b43d5a8c4fa8463db6 - SHA256:469e4ac14c0ca597ea17a28c3c9660ad2b6f5e077ecf69edf125185922d7ce8d - SHA1:b2930593813b93b7b894af9452bfd61919d60d24 [weak] - MD5Sum:303b50badc6cb03a30f4caa0bbbe0306 [weak] Release file created at: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:55:26 +0000 Get:44 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages [124 kB] Err:44 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages Hit:45 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kisak/kisak-mesa/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:46 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-proposed/main amd64 Packages [44.4 kB] Get:47 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-proposed/main i386 Packages [23.6 kB] Get:48 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-proposed/universe i386 Packages [13.2 kB] Get:49 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com jammy-proposed/universe amd64 Packages [23.0 kB] Hit:50 http://ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:51 http://ppa.launchpad.net/phoerious/keepassxc/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:52 http://ppa.launchpad.net/savoury1/blender/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:53 http://ppa.launchpad.net/savoury1/ffmpeg4/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:54 http://ppa.launchpad.net/solaar-unifying/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:55 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/dvdstyler/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:56 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/gimp/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:57 http://ppa.launchpad.net/cappelikan/ppa/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages [580 B] Fetched 6,408 kB in 4s (1,635 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done E: Failed to fetch http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/dists/jammy-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz File has unexpected size (131972 != 132036). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 91.189.91.49 80] Hashes of expected file: - Filesize:132036 [weak] - SHA512:0fb0e1f9a3ea81c8a9a918c0aba25887a1ed1895e1bb02d29dd9124cfdabce5cc14f3119180b1a73c1116dc21b6b7e66ffcde6aa49e0b6b43d5a8c4fa8463db6 - SHA256:469e4ac14c0ca597ea17a28c3c9660ad2b6f5e077ecf69edf125185922d7ce8d - SHA1:b2930593813b93b7b894af9452bfd61919d60d24 [weak] - MD5Sum:303b50badc6cb03a30f4caa0bbbe0306 [weak] Release file created at: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:55:26 +0000 E: Failed to fetch http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/dists/jammy-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.xz E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root? ------------------- sudo apt install konsole Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done konsole is already the newest version (4:22.12.3-0xneon+22.04+jammy+release+build18). konsole set to manually installed. Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0 Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0 Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: wine-stable wine-stable-amd64 wine-stable-i386:i386 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 140 not upgraded.