結論としては下記で行けた。
# dpkg -r --force-depends --force-remove-essential sysvutils
# aptitude dist-upgrade The following packages will be REMOVED: gappletviewer-4.2{u} gcj-4.2{u} libgcj8-dev{u} liblzo1{u} libmozjs0d{u} libpoco2{u} libxul-common{u} libxul0d{u} Unpacking sysvinit-utils (from .../sysvinit-utils_2.86.ds1-61_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.86.ds1-61_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/sbin/sulogin', which is also in package sysvutils Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.86.ds1-61_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.86.ds1-61_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/sbin/sulogin', which is also in package sysvutils Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.86.ds1-61_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done # dpkg -r --force-depends sysvutils dpkg: error processing sysvutils (--remove): This is an essential package - it should not be removed. Errors were encountered while processing: sysvutils # dpkg -r --force-depends --force-remove-essential sysvutils dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: This is an essential package - it should not be removed. dpkg: sysvutils: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: initscripts depends on sysvutils. upstart depends on sysvutils (>= 2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu11). (Reading database ... 220378 files and directories currently installed.) Removing sysvutils ... Processing triggers for man-db ... # aptitude upgrade W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done The following packages have unmet dependencies: upstart: PreDepends: sysvutils (>= 2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu11) which is a virtual package. initscripts: Depends: sysvutils which is a virtual package. # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit-utils_2.86.ds1-61_i386.deb (Reading database ... 220363 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking sysvinit-utils (from .../sysvinit-utils_2.86.ds1-61_i386.deb) ... Setting up sysvinit-utils (2.86.ds1-61) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... # aptitude upgrade W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following packages have unmet dependencies: upstart: PreDepends: sysvutils (>= 2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu11) which is a virtual package. initscripts: Depends: sysvutils which is a virtual package. # aptitude dist-upgrade
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