Package management is broken in Ubuntu Karmic

skykooler · 04-19-2010, 01:02 AM

I have been playing around with quickly, and installed the package for my application. The install failed. Worse, none of my package managers can install anything anymore - I get the error

Code:

E: The package swift needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

This seems to be the same problem as here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...broken-452901/
But I cannot fix it in the same way as there is no online package for me to reinstall. When I try to install the .deb I get a message that it is either corrupted or the permissions are wrong. Any ideas?

AlucardZero · 04-19-2010, 06:37 PM

What version Ubuntu? Post your /etc/apt/sources.list. Are multiverse and universe enabled? Did you apt-get update first? There is too an online package to install.

skykooler · 04-20-2010, 05:35 PM

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
/etc/apt/sources.lst:

Code:

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5)]/ karmic main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5)]/ karmic main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse

I did apt-get update.

Quote:

There is too an online package to install.

Those packages are not named "swift". The package that I created is named "swift". Do I have to add it to the repository? If so, how? The .deb is located at /home/skyler/swift_0.1_all.deb

AlucardZero · 04-20-2010, 06:07 PM

Oops, I read too fast.

What happens when you dpkg -i /home/skyler/swift_0.1_all.deb ? dpkg -P?

skykooler · 04-22-2010, 06:16 PM

Quote:

What happens when you dpkg -i /home/skyler/swift_0.1_all.deb ?

Code:

skyler@ubuntu-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i /home/skyler/swift_0.1_all.deb 
[sudo] password for skyler: 
Selecting previously deselected package swift.
(Reading database ... 40%
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `swift' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 280694 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace swift 0.1 (using /home/skyler/swift_0.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement swift ...
Setting up swift (0.1) ...

Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
skyler@ubuntu-laptop:~$

Thanks! Everything is fixed now.