update manager errors

[Gabriel Noronha]

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 14:22 +1100, david wrote:
> Hi Dave
> thanks for getting back to me I tried what you suggested it returned
> saying it could not access archive.
> also my version of Skype was different so I changed that part.
> On looking for the archive file I found that nearly all of its contents
> were in RED text. not sure if this is a problem or not.
> It seems as though your original instructions are right with regard to
> the version numbers as I did find the file skype_2.0.0.63-1_i386.deb.and
> again it is in red text. what does this mean?
> David
>  
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> On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 13:27 +1100, Dave Hall wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 12:42 +1100, david wrote:
> > > hello all 
> > > Over the past week or so I have been unable to get the updates
> > > initially it said the software index was broken so I did 
> > > sudo apt-get install -f
> > >  I get the following  error problems
> > 
> > Try running this from a terminal
> > 
> > sudo dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/skype_2.0.0.63-1_i386.deb
> > 
> > That manually installs the deb and forces it to install.  Looks like
> > someone changed the packaging without testing upgrades properly before
> > releasing it.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

I suggest you purge and remove your previous version on skype. it looks
like it's struggling to do an upgrade.. so avoid upgrading and remove
your old skype completly. first.