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cannot load synaptic - break install

Asked by Rusty on 2007-11-16

When I try to install synaptic from Adept PM it highlights the item but than when I press INSTALL it gives back BREAK (INSTALL) - it then gives:

There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages.

Any ideas? i,m using GG Kubuntu and have good internet connection
rusty

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Ralph Janke
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2007-11-16
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2007-11-16
Best Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : #1

Thanks for your question

Could you please open a Konsole (K-Menu->System->Konsole) and execute the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --fix-missing

If there are no error messages, you should then be able to install with synaptic again.

Otherwise, please paste any error messages here.

Hope this helps

Rusty (piet10) said : #2

hi, 1st line gives: uploading and at end the following:

Fetched 1385kB in 43s (32.2kB/s)
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071017)]/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071017)]/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 Hash Sum mismatch
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

then
2nd line = sudo apt-get install --fix-missing gives uploaded various items and at end:

Fetched 185kB in 13s (14.0kB/s)
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071017)]/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071017)]/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 Hash Sum mismatch
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I have the CDROm but do not know how to use it further

However the updates have now been installed and I was able to install synaptic with it
Synaptic seems to work

thanx a thousand
Rusty

Rusty (piet10) said : #3

Thanks Ralph Janke, that solved my question.