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Update (APT): failed to create symbolic link #26735
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We haven't changed anything in dbeaver installing process for more than 2 years |
HUH ❓ did you understand the error above? |
The errors keeps coming... Unpacking dbeaver-ce (24.0.4~ubuntu16.04) over (24.0.3~ubuntu16.04) ...
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/sunos-sparcv9': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/openbsd-x86-64': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/sunos-sparc': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-x86-64': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-s390x': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/openbsd-x86': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-mips64el': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/freebsd-x86-64': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-riscv64': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-armel': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/sunos-x86': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/freebsd-x86': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-ppc': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-arm': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-loongarch64': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-x86': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-aarch64': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/sunos-x86-64': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna/linux-ppc64le': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun/jna': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com/sun': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000/com': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/com.sun.jna_5.13.0.v20230812-1000': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/dbeaver-ce/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.2.800.v20231003-1442': Directory not empty |
The general case of installation using "dpkg" is considered to identify the installed product and apply unlink, but in your case is not happening. |
Yes
No and No, but might soon happen as Ubuntu 24 is released. |
Thanks for the request and feedback! |
That is my general experience, that you always should be using Your are welcome |
Description
The past couple of updates have been coursing
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/bin/dbeaver-ce': File exists
which fails the entire updateI'm updating via the APT repo on ubuntu 22
DBeaver Version
24.0.3~ubuntu16.04
Operating System
ubuntu 22.04
Database and driver
N/A
Steps to reproduce
Error msg:
Additional context
Current manual solution is to unlink the binary link
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