I just installed Kali Linux on my laptop, tried to apt update and then apt upgrade, but encountered an issue during the upgrade process. Now, apt seems broken and I cannot seem to install any packages. If I try to install a package, I get: You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these. Unsatisfied dependencies: python3-pyinstaller : Depends: pyinstaller-hooks-contrib but it is not going to be installed Error: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution). Error: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional context: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution). If I then try to run the requested command, I get: └─# apt --fix-broken install Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libgdal36 libgdata22 libhdf4-0-alt libqt5ct-common1.8 libsigsegv2 libsoup2.4-common libvpx9 python3-pyinstaller-hooks-contrib libgdata-common libgeos3.13.1 libogdi4.1 libsframe1 libsoup-2.4-1 libtheora0 python3-packaging-whl python3-wheel-whl Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. Installing dependencies: pyinstaller-hooks-contrib Summary: Upgrading: 0, Installing: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0 160 not fully installed or removed. Download size: 0 B / 118 kB Space needed: 953 kB / 96.4 GB available Continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 429063 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../pyinstaller-hooks-contrib_2025.8-1_all.deb ... Unpacking pyinstaller-hooks-contrib (2025.8-1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/pyinstaller-hooks-contrib_2025.8-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/__init__.py', which is also in package python3-pyinstaller-hooks-contrib (2025.1-0kali1) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/pyinstaller-hooks-contrib_2025.8-1_all.deb Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Thanks for any help regarding this. Continue reading...
