fix package manager

masonje · 12-11-2014, 09:18 AM

I messed up and thought I could install side by side two versions of libstdc++. Well that failed. Then I go to install a new package that I know would work, it fails asking me to "apt-get -f install".

I just want to clean the slate. I don't want to for install the old library. I'll set up a VM for that, not my prod desktop.

Thanks for your help

pan64 · 12-11-2014, 10:03 AM

I think you need to execute first apt-get -f install and afterwards you may try to clean the slate (if still required)

masonje · 12-11-2014, 10:15 AM

I still get errors in the install...
...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libstdc++6_4.8.2-19ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
....

I just want the package manager to forget about it.

pan64 · 12-11-2014, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masonje

I just want the package manager to forget about it.

That is not about the package manager. It is halfway installed or something like this. Removing it from the database will not solve the issue. The state of the installed packages (= the files on your disk) are not ok.

But I think you need to give more info, what have you exactly tried.