broken package

[everton]

was installing something to do with language support then i got a message that something crashed..."You have 1 broken package on your system!" is the message i got...how do i fix this? thanks

[vinca]

system>administration>package manager (synaptic)

edit>fix broken packages or something like that (in the menus, just look if it's not edit)

[Admin-Amir]

Hello vinca welcome Home

So First the Ubuntu will be out at the 29-10-2009.

The fix for Synaptic is in terminal :

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"dpkg --configure -a"

Thank you
Amir.

[everton]

i am not getting through...i tried what vinca told me but things remain the same..i run admin instruction in terminal but command not found...could you please explain the process clearer for me? thanks

[Admin-Amir]

Hello everton

copy and past this command in the terminal and press Enter please.

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dpkg --configure -a

[everton]

i did it but this is what i got.....requested operation requires superuser privilege

[Admin-Amir]

everton,
Restart your machine,Then go to the Terminal and copy and past the command please.

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dpkg --configure -a

[everton]

i did that..results remain the same....when i try to access the add/remove i get this message....This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and reload the software information with: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'.

[kiwinsn]

Hi everton

Add sudo to the front of the command Amir gave you, it will prompt your for your password, then all should be good.

Cheers