problem with programs

[Haneef Bashir]

im guessing i might of typed the command it wrong

On 10/30/07, Haneef Bashir <darkfena313 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> thanks Leonard but it didnt work. instead i got  this:
> root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# aptitude -emacs21 install
> aptitude: invalid option -- e
> aptitude 0.4.0
> Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i]
>        aptitude [options] <action> ...
>   Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode):
>
>  install      - Install/upgrade packages
>  remove       - Remove packages
>  purge        - Remove packages and their configuration files
>  hold         - Place packages on hold
>  unhold       - Cancel a hold command for a package
>  markauto     - Mark packages as having been automatically installed
>  unmarkauto   - Mark packages as having been manually installed
>  forbid-version - Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package
> version.
>  update       - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
>  upgrade      - Perform a safe upgrade
>  dist-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing
> packages
>  forget-new   - Forget what packages are "new"
>  search       - Search for a package by name and/or expression
>  show         - Display detailed information about a package
>  clean        - Erase downloaded package files
>  autoclean    - Erase old downloaded package files
>  changelog    - View a package's changelog
>  download     - Download the .deb file for a package
>  reinstall    - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed
> package
>
>   Options:
>  -h             This help text
>  -s             Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them.
>  -d             Only download packages, do not install or remove anything.
>  -P             Always prompt for confirmation or actions
>  -y             Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is 'yes'
>  -F format      Specify a format for displaying search results; see the
> manual
>  -O order       Specify how search results should be sorted; see the
> manual
>  -w width       Specify the display width for formatting search results
>  -f             Aggressively try to fix broken packages.
>  -V             Show which versions of packages are to be installed.
>  -D             Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages.
>  -Z                 Show the change in installed size of each package.
>  -v             Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple
> times)
>  -t [release]   Set the release from which packages should be installed
>  -q             In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress
> indicators.
>  -o key=val     Directly set the configuration option named 'key'
>  --with(out)-recommends Specify whether or not to treat recommends as
>                 strong dependencies
>  -S fname: Read the aptitude extended status info from fname.
>  -u      : Download new package lists on startup.
>  -i      : Perform an install run on startup.
>
>
> On 10/30/07, Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- Haneef Bashir <darkfena313 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > im having problem with my adept package manager. i
> > > get this message  when i
> > > try to install a program:
> > > There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there
> > > was a problem
> > > downloading some packages or the commit would break
> > > packages.
> > >
> > > these problems where found:
> > > E: emacs21: subprocess post-installation script
> > > returned error exit status 1
> > > E: cedet-common: dependency problems - leaving
> > > unconfigured
> > > E: eieio: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > > E: speedbar: dependency problems - leaving
> > > unconfigured
> > >
> > > i tried to fix this by using dpkg-reconfugure, i got
> > > these messages:
> > >
> > > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
> > > eieio
> > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: eieio is broken or not
> > > fully installed
> > > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
> > > cedet
> > > Package `cedet' is not installed and no info is
> > > available.
> > > Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine
> > > archive files,
> > > and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list
> > > their contents.
> > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: cedet is not installed
> > > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
> > > emacs21
> > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: emacs21 is broken or not
> > > fully installed
> > > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
> > > speedbar
> > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: speedbar is broken or
> > > not fully installed
> > > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313#
> > >
> > >
> > > does anyone know how i can fix this problem? im
> > > using kubuntu 6.6
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> > Try "sudo aptitude -f install".  Maybe this will add
> > the dependencies for you.
> > HTH,
> >
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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