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Can't install synaptic. Going round in circles!

Asked by Roger King

Package manager (apt) reported dependency errors and said use synaptic.

Lucid said synaptic was not loaded, so I tried to install it. Here is the result. I can't install synaptic because I don't have the correct files needed to install synaptic!

This is the installation history:-

roger@Old-Tower:~$ gksudo synaptic
roger@Old-Tower:~$ synaptic
The program 'synaptic' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install synaptic
roger@Old-Tower:~$ sudo apt-get install synaptic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
  ffmpeg: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed or
                   libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libavcodec52 (< 4:0.5.1-99) but it is not going to be installed or
                   libavcodec-extra-52 (< 4:0.5.1-99) but it is not going to be installed
  flashplugin-nonfree: Depends: flashplugin-installer but it is not going to be installed
  libavdevice52: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed or
                          libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libavcodec52 (< 4:0.5.1-99) but it is not going to be installed or
                          libavcodec-extra-52 (< 4:0.5.1-99) but it is not going to be installed
  libavfilter0: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed or
                         libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libavcodec52 (< 4:0.5.1-99) but it is not going to be installed or
                         libavcodec-extra-52 (< 4:0.5.1-99) but it is not going to be installed
  libavformat52: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed or
                          libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libavcodec52 (< 4:0.5.1-99) but it is not going to be installed or
                          libavcodec-extra-52 (< 4:0.5.1-99) but it is not going to be installed
  libk3b6-extracodecs: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1) but it is not going to be installed or
                                libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
  libquicktime1: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706-3) but it is not going to be installed or
                          libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706-3) but it is not going to be installed
  libxine1-ffmpeg: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706-3) but it is not going to be installed or
                            libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706-3) but it is not going to be installed
  mencoder: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1) but it is not going to be installed or
                     libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
  mplayer: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1) but it is not going to be installed or
                    libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
  synaptic: Depends: libvte9 (>= 1:0.22.0) but it is not going to be installed
            Recommends: libgnome2-perl but it is not going to be installed
            Recommends: software-properties-gtk but it is not going to be installed
  vlc-nox: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1) but it is not going to be installed or
                    libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
roger@Old-Tower:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies...Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libstrigiqtdbusclient0 libglib1.2ldbl libfreebob0 libcups2-dev libtalloc1 ispell ibritish libmtp7 xsltproc linux-headers-2.6.31-22 libopenal0a firefox-3.5-branding
  libneon27 libtasn1-3-dev hal-cups-utils xulrunner-1.9.1 libgda-4.0-common libqtruby4shared2 openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev libdjvulibre15 ttf-sil-gentium libicu40
  wine-gecko libicu38 kdebase-runtime-data-common libkadm5clnt-mit7 openoffice.org-filter-binfilter libgpg-error-dev libgtk1.2 plasma-widget-lancelot libgda3-common
  doc-base python-evince libgail-common hwdb-client-gnome libwvstreams4.4-base mdetect libwxgtk2.6-0 liblancelot0 comerr-dev libgnome-media0 wine1.2
  konqueror-plugins libqt4-ruby1.8 openoffice.org-report-builder-bin libgtksourceview1.0-0 xulrunner-1.9 libgcrypt11-dev libboost-program-options1.38.0 libevview1
  libevview2 scrollkeeper docbook-xml libkdegames1 python-numeric rarian-compat libmagick10 latex-xft-fonts libopenjpeg2 libdns53 libcamel1.2-11 libcamel1.2-14
  openssl-blacklist libwnck-common libknotificationitem1 metacity-common libtrackerclient0 libwvstreams4.4-extras openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us libggzmod4
  libcompress-bzip2-perl libpostproc1d libtotem-plparser10 libtotem-plparser12 kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 libsgutils1 libass3 libkorundum4-ruby1.8 libswt3.2-gtk-java
  libkexiv2-3 libsmokesoprano3 libservlet2.4-java libkexiv2-7 libsmbios1 python-gda libexiv2-2 libexiv2-5 python-gdl libkrb5-dev gnome-media-common librasqal1
  python-gtksourceview libkadm5clnt6 libqscintilla2-5 libdvbpsi4 libisccc50 binutils-static libcdio7 python-gtkspell policykit libgssrpc4 liblzma0 libxosd2
  cryptsetup libdirectfb-1.0-0 libwnck22 guile-1.6-libs libx264-57 libx264-67 libalut0 python-gnomedesktop acl redland-utils libvlc0 libxres1 libglibmm-2.4-1c2a
  linux-headers-2.6.24-28-generic nvidia-kernel-common libpackagekit-qt11 kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 bluez-audio libpackagekit-glib11 liblwres50 libgnomeprint2.2-data
  libcelt0 libcurl3 libgnutls-dev libggi2 libgda-4.0-4 ttf-sil-gentium-basic python-gnomeprint krb5-multidev python-eggtrayicon libgii1 libwxbase2.6-0 libggz2
  gnome-doc-utils openoffice.org python-metacity libecal1.2-7 qcad-data librarian0 libswscale1d libedataserver1.2-11 libgtksourceview-common libpolkit-dbus2
  libbind9-50 libmldbm-perl libuuid-perl openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au libqthreads-12 zlib1g-dev lesstif2 libevdocument1 libevdocument2 python-rsvg libffado1
  gnome-user-guide python-gnomeapplet libgii1-target-x libebook1.2-9 libgpod3-nogtk ttf-symbol-replacement python-mediaprofiles libiso9660-5 libdvdread3
  python-gnomekeyring libgdata5 wine1.2-gecko openoffice.org-officebean libgnomevfs2-extra nvidia-185-modaliase
  libqt4-multimedia yelp python-bugbuddy libxml++2.6-2 libkadm5srv-mit7 python-enchant python-totem-plparser li
  python-evolution libxklavier15 libmpg123-0 sgml-data libgda3-3 libdb4.7 libindicate3 libhsqldb-java libggzcor
  libconfig-tiny-perl python-wnck update-notifier-kde libkdb5-4 python-gksu2 libgtkspell0 openoffice.org-base l
  python-nautilusburn libisc50 libswt3.2-gtk-jni watershed binfmt-support libdirac-encoder0 libnautilus-burn4 p
  iamerican libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgraphviz4 gnome-blackjack libguile-ltdl-1 raptor-utils libgnome-desktop-2 lib
  libpolkit-grant2 libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libcucul0 libkdcraw3 libgdl-1-3 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libpoppler-gl
  libgdl-1-common libpolkit2 libntfs-3g54 libmetacity-private0 libfaad0 linux-headers-2.6.31-22-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree libavcodec52
Suggested packages:
  ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed
  flashplugin-installer libavcodec52
The following packages will be upgraded:
  flashplugin-nonfree
1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 4,020kB of archives.
After this operation, 11.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get: 1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse flashplugin-installer 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.10.04
Get: 2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse flashplugin-nonfree 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.10.04.3
Get: 3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libavcodec52 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1 [3,998kB]
Fetched 4,020kB in 4min 17s (15.6kB/s) 8
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-nonfree
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
roger@Old-Tower:~$ synaptic
The program 'synaptic' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install synaptic

What have I done wrong?

Thanks, Roger King

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Micheal Harker (mh0) said : 		#1

You typed what it told you to say wrong.

Do: sudo apt-get -f install

NOT sudo apt-get install -f !

Try it.

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#2

have you set your software sources ?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

You strictly need to open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.
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But to fully check and upgrade your system using terminal using command line,
open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal

Tip: right click with mouse on the terminal title caption and select the item "Always on Top" doing this you will force the terminal window to stay on top of the other windows and you will find very easy to copy single row from this web page into the terminal...
Something more about using the terminal https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Then type or better copy and paste a row a time then press enter:
(Tip: select the single row to copy then right click into the terminal and to quick paste click with middle button of mouse )

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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Roger King (roger-e-king) said : 		#4

Thanks Michaelh, Yes I noticed the error and ran the correct instruction after I wrote the question. It made absolutely NO difference.

Thanks Greg. I have no idea what setting my software sources means, so no I haven't.

Thanks Marco, a very helpful reply. I have followed your instructions and I hope that the problem is cured. I am concerned at the large amount of files, etc. that were autoremoved.
Regarding your tip about Stay On Top. When I right click I get a drop down menu, but this option is not present. I am using Konsule. Is this normal?

Regards Roger

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

Yes, i thnk is normal this tip is for gnome-terminal on Ubuntu (gnome desktop environment) and i guess might be a similar function in kde but i don0t use it.

hth

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