problem with programs

Haneef Bashir darkfena313 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 06:57:55 UTC 2007


i tried the comman and this is what happened:

darkfena313 at darkfena313:~$ sudo aptitude -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Setting up emacs21 (21.4a-3ubuntu2.1) ...
emacs-install emacs21
install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-loaddefs.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc
Done
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs21
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.elc
Done
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs21
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars (source)...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Wrote /etc/emacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
Done
install/speedbar: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Source file `/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.el' newer than
byte-compiled file
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/bigclock.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/rpm.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-ant.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-gud.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-html.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-image.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-info.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-rmail.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-texinfo.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-w3.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-loaddefs.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-load.elc
Done
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/speedbar emacs21
failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 5.
dpkg: error processing emacs21 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cedet-common:
 cedet-common depends on emacs21 | emacsen; however:
  Package emacs21 is not configured yet.
  Package emacsen is not installed.
  Package emacs21 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing cedet-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of eieio:
 eieio depends on emacs21 | emacsen; however:
  Package emacs21 is not configured yet.
  Package emacsen is not installed.
  Package emacs21 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
 eieio depends on cedet-common; however:
  Package cedet-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing eieio (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of speedbar:
 speedbar depends on cedet-common; however:
  Package cedet-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing speedbar (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 emacs21
 cedet-common
 eieio
 speedbar
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up emacs21 (21.4a-3ubuntu2.1) ...
emacs-install emacs21
install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-loaddefs.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc
Done
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs21
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.elc
Done
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs21
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars (source)...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Wrote /etc/emacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
Done
install/speedbar: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Source file `/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.el' newer than
byte-compiled file
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/bigclock.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/rpm.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-ant.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-gud.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-html.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-image.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-info.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-rmail.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-texinfo.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-w3.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file
/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-loaddefs.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-load.elc
Done
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/speedbar emacs21
failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 5.
dpkg: error processing emacs21 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cedet-common:
 cedet-common depends on emacs21 | emacsen; however:
  Package emacs21 is not configured yet.
  Package emacsen is not installed.
  Package emacs21 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing cedet-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of speedbar:
 speedbar depends on cedet-common; however:
  Package cedet-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing speedbar (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of eieio:
 eieio depends on emacs21 | emacsen; however:
  Package emacs21 is not configured yet.
  Package emacsen is not installed.
  Package emacs21 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
 eieio depends on cedet-common; however:
  Package cedet-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing eieio (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 emacs21
 cedet-common
 speedbar
 eieio


On 10/30/07, Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> 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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