Get an error when trying to load Synaptic Package Manager...?
 

How would I go about fixing this?

BTW, this happened after I installed KDE and then removed it. I restarted my machine and got this error.

I think I'm going to stick with Gnome.

Literally open a terminal and type 'dpkg --configure -a' without the quotes.

I get the message:

:study:

That worked. Thank you.

Bear with me guys, I just switched from XP to linux yesterday. :scratch: It's driving me crazy.

not a problem, we are used to new people around here.. But, could you please update your profile with what Version / Distribution of Linux you are running (i.e. Ubuntu 8.10 or whatever) so people will better be able to assist you with your future inquiries.


Thanks & Welcome to Linuxquestions.org !!

Done! Thanks again. (It took my 5 min to find out what the hell the Terminal was. hehe)

Yeah, XP drives me crazy too!!

OH wait, that's not what you meant ;)

as a standard user, you don't have rights to access various areas of the OS.
sudo is like the "runas" in XP...except sudo works, where as runas...might work.

welcome to linux, it can be incredibly frustrating at times, but man it's worth it.

That statement is OH so true..

runas /User:domain\username p:\directory\filename.exe
file not found !

When I did runas administrator the file is usually on a network share and since the drive was mapped as the user the administrator in windows can't see it, so I either first have to map the drive as administrator or copy the install locally and hope that it actually works with runas.
Sometimes like you say runas doesn't give you the permissions you need, even when all the planets are aligned properly it fails..

Either I am running an application as administrator or I'm not.. which is it ?? come on MS get this fixed.

This is a pet peeve of mine with Windows as well.

Yeah, don't you just LOVE that??

btw, the /env switch MIGHT help that, uses the current user's profile...but does windows keep mapped drives in the profile???

either way, huge PIMA