Hi Tony, Tony Arnold wrote: > The packages it said were broken almost all of the installed ones! > > Something very wrong here or I'm missing something. > > Looks to me like I need to re-install.
You can, if you wish, run aptitude interactively: $ sudo aptitude This will allow you to find the broken packages (press 'B' to move to the next broken package), view their dependencies (hit 'Enter' to view the package details and dependencies are listed there) and progressively fix the broken dependencies. When there are no longer any broken packages, press 'G' to apply any changes and you'll be given a confirmation screen, where you should press 'G' again to continue, or 'Q' to step back. '?' will give you a help menu listing the various keyboard commands. I've had to do this a couple of times after upgrades that I messed up and it's effective, although whether it's better than just re-installing is debatable. You don't lose your custom configuration and don't risk nuking your precious data, but it can be time consuming. JT -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- James Tait, BSc | xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer and Free Software advocate | Mobile: +44 (0)7779 337596 ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
