[clue-tech] Kubuntu 7.10 - Adept won't install anything

[Richard Knechtel]

Thanks Hani - I think I'll try this. I know when I had problems with RPM I
had to rebuild the rpm database.

On Dec 4, 2007 9:03 AM, Hani Duwaik <kiawud at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2007 7:11 AM, Richard Knechtel <richard.knechtel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I installed Kubuntu 7.10 this weekend (from the live dvd) - trying to
> > get off of OpenSuse (since Novell sold out). However The packagemanger
> > (Adept) from what I can tell just plain sucks. Any package I tried to
> > install just gave an error saying that the install failed because there was
> > a problem installing the package or installing the pacakge might have caused
> > a problem.
>
>
>
> The last time Adept stopped working for me, it was because the dpkg
> database had become locked/corrupted.  To fix this, you can try a few of the
> following (run as root, or using sudo):
>
> rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock (if the file exists and adept/dpkg/synaptic isn't
> running)
> dpkg --configure -a
> dpgk -r
>
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-systemsettings/+question/5301
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/7568
>
> NOTE: I don't have access to my Ubuntu system at the moment, so I can't
> verify the flags given to 'dpgk' ... please review 'man dpkg' before
> executing any of the commands.
>
> HTH,
>
> -Hani
>
>
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