On Tue January 13 2004 6:44 am, Richard McCord wrote: > 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. To clear a broken package problem try: #apt-get -f install then see what it going to do before agreeing to it Michael Biddulph Brisbane AU
