How to Repair Synaptic and Add/Remove Programs ?

[Diogo Böhm]

Perhaps opening a terminal window (Accessories->terminal) and type in "sudo
apt-get install name-of-the-package" or "sudo apt-get remove
name-of-the-package" might solve.

2008/9/10 Young <tuxman at knology.net>

>  Synaptic is stuck with this:
> kio-umountwrapper will be removed
>
> Because it is stuck it cannot install any program.
>
> Error message:
> E: kio-umountwrapper: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit
> status 2
>
>
> Also Add/Remove will not work. It allows you to find a program, but once
> you click on it, the spinner spins forever, and the only way out is to
> cancel.
>
> How can this package be removed from Synaptic? or is there a different
> way to fix this?
>
>
> Mark
>
>
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