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This is the output after sudo apt-get -f install

The following packages will be upgraded:
  libboost1.49-dev
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded.
21 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/9,182 kB of archives.
After this operation, 24.6 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 580974 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libboost1.49-dev 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 (using .../libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libboost1.49-dev ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/inspect', which is also in package libboost1.53-tools-dev 1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Run the following commands on terminal,

sudo dpkg -P libboost1.53-tools-dev
sudo apt-get -f install
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  • I have run sudo apt-get -f install and still have same error – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 10:15
  • Post the output of 'sudo apt-get -f install' – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 10:41
  • `The following packages have unmet dependencies: libboost-chrono1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed libboost-date-time1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed libboost-filesystem1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed libboost-graph-parallel1.49-dev : Depends: libboost1.49-dev (= 1.49.0-4) but 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 is installed ` – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 11:11
  • try `sudo aptitude -f install`. – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 11:13
  • I am not able to paste all the code but here is something more that keeps appearing: `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: collada-dom-dev collada-dom2.4-dp-base collada-dom2.4-dp-dev freeglut3-dev g++-4.7 hddtemp html2text libassimp-dev libassimp3 libcf0 libcolumbus0-0 libcolumbus0-0-common libcppunit-1.12-1 libcppunit-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libdns95 libeigen3-dev libfltk1.1 libfltk1.1-dev libfreeimage-dev` – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 11:15
  • post the output in pastebin.com and then provide the link here. – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 11:16
  • Also I have ros installed and these appears also: `ros-groovy-bullet ros-groovy-camera-calibration ros-groovy-camera-calibration-parsers ros-groovy-common-msgs ros-groovy-common-rosdeps ros-groovy-convex-decomposition ros-groovy-diagnostic-common-diagnostics ros-groovy-eigen-conversions ros-groovy-gencpp ros-groovy-genlisp ros-groovy-geometry ros-groovy-image-geometry ros-groovy-ivcon ros-groovy-kdl-conversions ros-groovy-laser-geometry ros-groovy-message-filters` – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 11:16
  • [Here it is](http://pastebin.com/ncE7C5Ux) – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 11:21
  • likewise post the output of `sudo apt-get -f install` after running `sudo apt-get autoremove` – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 11:26
  • I have the same output – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 11:33
  • edit your question and then post the output of `sudo apt-get -f install`.That's all. – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 11:38
  • @ Avinash Raj I just pasted the result, I have been with this problem for weeks. The problem was when I updated to ubuntu 13.10. Here is the code:http://pastebin.com/3XsHYyMc – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 13:08
  • i had updated my answer. – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 13:18
  • still not working:`sudo dpkg -P libboost1.53-tools-dev dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libboost1.53-tools-dev: libboost-tools-dev depends on libboost1.53-tools-dev. dpkg: error processing libboost1.53-tools-dev (--purge): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: libboost1.53-tools-dev ` – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 13:23
  • try this `sudo dpkg -P --force-all libboost1.53-tools-dev` – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 13:26
  • Here is re result:`sudo dpkg -P --force-all libboost1.53-tools-dev dpkg: libboost1.53-tools-dev: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: libboost-tools-dev depends on libboost1.53-tools-dev. (Reading database ... 580973 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libboost1.53-tools-dev ... Processing triggers for man-db ...`Then here is the result of`sudo apt-get -f install`http://pastebin.com/TW7xpBB9 – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 13:35
  • remove `/var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.53-tools-dev_1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8_i386.deb` file by running `sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.53-tools-dev_1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8_i386.deb` and `sudo apt-get install -f`.Make a copy of that file before running this command. – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 13:41
  • Here is the result: http://pastebin.com/YaZpZHFn – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 13:50
  • did you remove this `/var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.53-tools-dev_1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8_i386.deb`? – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 13:53
  • Yes I did remove that file. – manolovaza Jan 31 '14 at 13:58
  • try this `sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.53-tools-dev_1.53.0-6+exp3ubuntu8_i386.deb` – Avinash Raj Jan 31 '14 at 14:04
  • autoremove is not necessary... – Braiam Jan 31 '14 at 15:50