Re: problem with programs



thanks Leonard but it didnt work. instead i got this:
root@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# aptitude -emacs21 install
aptitude: invalid option -- e
aptitude 0.4.0
Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i]
aptitude [options] <action> ...
Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode):

install - Install/upgrade packages
remove - Remove packages
purge - Remove packages and their configuration files
hold - Place packages on hold
unhold - Cancel a hold command for a package
markauto - Mark packages as having been automatically installed
unmarkauto - Mark packages as having been manually installed
forbid-version - Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package
version.
update - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
upgrade - Perform a safe upgrade
dist-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing
packages
forget-new - Forget what packages are "new"
search - Search for a package by name and/or expression
show - Display detailed information about a package
clean - Erase downloaded package files
autoclean - Erase old downloaded package files
changelog - View a package's changelog
download - Download the .deb file for a package
reinstall - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed
package

Options:
-h This help text
-s Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them.
-d Only download packages, do not install or remove anything.
-P Always prompt for confirmation or actions
-y Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is 'yes'
-F format Specify a format for displaying search results; see the
manual
-O order Specify how search results should be sorted; see the manual
-w width Specify the display width for formatting search results
-f Aggressively try to fix broken packages.
-V Show which versions of packages are to be installed.
-D Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages.
-Z Show the change in installed size of each package.
-v Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple times)
-t [release] Set the release from which packages should be installed
-q In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress
indicators.
-o key=val Directly set the configuration option named 'key'
--with(out)-recommends Specify whether or not to treat recommends as
strong dependencies
-S fname: Read the aptitude extended status info from fname.
-u : Download new package lists on startup.
-i : Perform an install run on startup.


On 10/30/07, Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


--- Haneef Bashir <darkfena313@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

im having problem with my adept package manager. i
get this message when i
try to install a program:
There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there
was a problem
downloading some packages or the commit would break
packages.

these problems where found:
E: emacs21: subprocess post-installation script
returned error exit status 1
E: cedet-common: dependency problems - leaving
unconfigured
E: eieio: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: speedbar: dependency problems - leaving
unconfigured

i tried to fix this by using dpkg-reconfugure, i got
these messages:

root@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
eieio
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: eieio is broken or not
fully installed
root@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
cedet
Package `cedet' is not installed and no info is
available.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine
archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list
their contents.
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: cedet is not installed
root@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
emacs21
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: emacs21 is broken or not
fully installed
root@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
speedbar
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: speedbar is broken or
not fully installed
root@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313#


does anyone know how i can fix this problem? im
using kubuntu 6.6
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Try "sudo aptitude -f install". Maybe this will add
the dependencies for you.
HTH,

Leonard Chatagnier
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