[SOLVED] broken pakage

Garrett85 · 12-03-2015, 07:49 PM

[Linux Mint]

I was recently running an update when I started having network trouble. Anyway, now I have a broken package but I don't know which package it is or how to fix it. The error I got suggested that I use the broken filter but I can't get the synaptic package manager to work and I only know the basics with apt-get. Any ideas? Thanks.

Emerson · 12-03-2015, 08:36 PM

From my Debian days I remember one has to do apt-get update, followed by apt-get upgrade. If there are any errors apt-get will tell you how to fix them.

frankbell · 12-03-2015, 08:36 PM

Try

Code:

apt-get -f

From the man page:

Quote:

-f, --fix-broken
Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. If packages are s pecified, these have to completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually means using dpkg --remove to eliminate some of the offending packages). Use of this option together with -m may produce an error in some situations. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Fix-Broken.

Garrett85 · 12-05-2015, 06:08 PM

garrett@mint-desktop /etc/apt $ sudo apt-get update -f
E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
garrett@mint-desktop /etc/apt $ sudo apt-get update --fix-broken
E: Command line option --fix-broken is not understood
garrett@mint-desktop /etc/apt $ sudo apt-get -fupdate
E: Command line option 'f' [from -fupdate] is not known.
garrett@mint-desktop /etc/apt $ sudo apt-get -f update
E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
garrett@mint-desktop /etc/apt $ sudo apt-get --fix-broken update
E: Command line option --fix-broken is not understood
garrett@mint-desktop /etc/apt $

frankbell · 12-05-2015, 08:48 PM

Not this:

Quote:

sudo apt-get update -f

This:

Code:

sudo apt-get -f

See man apt-get for more.

sgosnell · 12-06-2015, 09:56 AM

Try

Code:

sudo apt-get -f install

That should fix most errors and complete the installation.

Garrett85 · 12-08-2015, 05:02 PM

Thanks sgosnell, that got it.