apt error with systemd
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False-Bookkeeper8952 · 2023-12-02 09:49

Hello everybody, i recently created a server and i recently tried to
install docker and got an error and ever since i keep getting this
error and cant install no apt packages no more :

Reading package lists... Done

Building the dependency tree... Done

Reading status information... Done

You can run “apt --fix-broken install” to fix these issues.

The following packages contain unmet dependencies:

  systemd: Depends: libsystemd-shared (= 252.17-1\~deb12u1) but will
not be installed

Recommends: systemd-timesyncd but will not install or

time-daemon

E: Unmet dependencies. Try "apt --fix-broken install" without a
package

(or indicate a solution).

​

and when i run apt --fix-broken install here is the output :

Reading package lists... Done

Building the dependency tree... Done

Reading status information... Done

Fixing dependencies... Done

The following packages will be REMOVED:

   systemd

0 updated, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not updated.

6 partially installed or removed.

After this operation, 9871 KB of disk space will be freed.

Would you like to continue ? \[Y/n\]

(Reading database... 38337 files and directories already installed.)

Removing systemd (252.17-1\~deb12u1)...

systemd is the active init system, please switch to another before
removing systemd.

dpkg: error processing systemd package (--remove):

  The installed systemd script pre-removal package subprocess returned
an error exit status 1

dpkg: too many errors, shutdown

systemd-machine-id-setup: error while loading shared libraries:
[libsystemd-shared-252.so](https://libsystemd-shared-252.so): cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory

dpkg: error while cleaning:

  subprocess package systemd post-installation script installed
returned an error exit status 127

Errors were encountered during execution:

  systemd

The execution was stopped because there were too many errors.

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

can anybody please help

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thekrautboy · 2023-12-02 10:28

This has nothing to do with selfhosting, you need basic techsupport.
Try a sub about whatever distro you are using like /r/Ubuntu or
/r/Debian