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system crashes when trying to download new pkgs

Asked by catfish

system crashes [locks up] when downloading pkgs.,with sypnaptic package manager

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello

Try to install packages in command line with the sudo apt-get install or sudo aptitude install command and also if you have compiz enabled please disable it and try again

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Bhavani Shankar.

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Best Old_Soldier (charles.davis) said : 		#2

try changing your download source to "best server" using the software sources applet. Additionally try running

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

to see if any error messages are generated. Then you can try to install a package from the command line using

sudo apt-get install <the_name_of_the_package>

Any error messages generated form these command lines will help us determine if its aconnectivity issue or if you have a issue with your package manager

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catfish (chris-anne) said : 		#3

i just want to thank-you for your help as your advice seems to have done the trick,once again many thanks---catfish