I am trying to follow the instructions to use Synaptic to install totem, xmms-mp3, etc. However, I am greeted with a list of several unfulfilled package dependencies. Some of these, such as libaa, cannot be found by Synaptic. So, I tell Synaptic to update the list and am told that I have "broken packages". How does one identify and repair these unnamed broken packages? Is there a CLI utility to search out and list these broken packages so that I might remove them? Is there a way -- and is it advisable -- to reset the package list altogether and have it rebuild itself with good information? Does Synaptic perform housekeeping on the packages it downloads? By that, I mean, if it recognizes that a package is broken, isn't there some method for it to flag that package and re-download a good one? Respectfully, Richard McCord ------------------------------------------------------ Never underestimate the power nor the very real threat of a mob of stupid people.
