dependancy problems since Edgy upgrade

Brian Walker bfwalker at gmail.com
Fri Nov 24 02:30:01 UTC 2006


On 23/11/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:01:09 +0800
> "Brian Walker" <bfwalker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > >
> >
> > It seems clear what is wrong, but what is not clear is how to fix it.
> Hours
> > later, and here I am to see if anyone here has a good idea for fixing
> it?
>
> Have you tried
>
> sudo apt-get -f install
>
> (just that with no arguments)
>
> That will attempt to fix your installation by removing/installing what is
> needed. Sometimes you need to run that a couple of times, and install one
> or two packages as needed, but often it will resolve the situation .
>
> It's also also worth trying aptitude, rather than apt-get ( aptitude is
> smarter !)
>

Sadly - both fail ...
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