problem with programs

[Leonard Chatagnier]

You did.  It should be literally as I typed it:

"sudo aptitude -f install"

As above but without the quotes.  Hit enter and the
CLI will ask for you password, enter your password,
and hit enter again. The program will do the rest,
follow the results and it should tell you if it fixed
the dependencies or not. If the fix worked, you should
do an

"sudo aptitude update"

Followed by

"sudo aptitude upgrade" (or dist-upgrade, if you are
changing versions) 
All without quotes, of course.  I'm not the expert
here but have used the command many times to fix
broken packages.  Report back your results and someone
will help solve your problem if I can't.
Best of luck,

--- Haneef Bashir <darkfena313 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net