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I installed 12.04 yesterday, "update manager is broken, can't install or delete until repaired" ?

Asked by JON

I can't use update or install, or delete. ??
Thank you,
                          Jon

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo apt-get update

Thanks

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

Please post full Terminal output here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/195134

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JON (cutlerjon6) said : 		#3

jon@jon-MT6711:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for jon:
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [1,550 B]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [2,143 B]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [14 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [11.9 kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [2,571 B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [5,470 B]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [5,019 kB]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [155 kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [1,274 kB]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages [8,431 B]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages [4,796 kB]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages [121 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [6,917 B]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [765 B]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [1,032 B]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [14 B]
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [22.7 kB]
Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [770 B]
Get:32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [5,587 B]
Get:33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:35 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [70 B]
Get:36 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [71 B]
Get:37 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:38 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources [700 B]
Get:39 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:40 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources [14 B]
Get:41 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources [14 B]
Get:42 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [559 B]
Get:43 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:44 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:45 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Get:46 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en [10.7 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Get:47 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en [3,511 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 12.6 MB in 40s (307 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
jon@jon-MT6711:~$ apt-get install-f
E: Invalid operation install-f
jon@jon-MT6711:~$

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Barry Drake (b-drake) said : 		#4

You need to run apt-get as root: sudo apt-get install -f and you need a space between install and -f

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JON (cutlerjon6) said : 		#5

I ran sudo apt-get install -f as suggested by Barry Drake (b-drake)

This appears to have repaired the installation.

Thank you,
                      Jon