Depends on how complete you want to be. I don't know exactly what was out of sync, but chances are it had something do with whatever program you put on hold.
This will probably keep occuring periodically untill you fix the underlying problem. Each time the error messages will be slightly different. On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 5:12 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/2/19 5:02 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 4:37 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On 9/2/19 4:28 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > >>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 3:51 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> It was too many months ago to remember. My recollection is that there > >> wasn't a repo way, so I probably used the .deb. If I did, then I might > >> have grabbed the wrong one. It seems to work, though. > >> > >> > > Ok, so this is where I tell you that it isn't working. Set aside for a > > moment the fact that google earth opens, and focus on the fact that you > are > > seeing errors when attempting to use apt and dpkg > > > > Note the following error... > > N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary/-i386/Packages' as > > repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease > > doesn't suppor architechture'i386' > > > > Clearly, your package manager is upset about google earth being > installed. > > If it wasn't a problem, you wouldn't be seeing an error. > > > > What's happening here is a dependency conflict of some sort. Package > > versions are not lining up, and so apt/dpkg is disabling itself due to > > unresolved errors with certain packages. The solution in your case is to > > uninstall all offending packages, clear out the apt cache files and start > > fresh with an apt-get update command. > > > > In ubuntu, broken and/or misconfigured packages can bring down the entire > > package manager. This typically results in unexpected errors when > > performing software updates. > > > running sudo dpkg --configure -a no longer reports any problems. Do I > need to look at something else? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
