Synaptic Package Manager Not Downloading

[Ric Moore]

On 01/27/2013 08:20 PM, Bahn, Nathan wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 01/27/2013 08:23 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>
>>> On 26 January 2013 20:46, Bahn, Nathan <nathan.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I changed "Software Sources" to read "Download from: Main server"
>>>
>>>
>>> Try the "find best server" option.
>>>
>>> Synaptic → Settings | Repositories
>>>
>>
>> I went through a similar mess-up, until I finally bit the bullet, backed up
>> and installed again. That fixed it. Previous, I googled my butt off, whined
>> in this forum, rm -rf'd partial files and edited everything editable.
>> Nothing did the trick. Something, I suspect, in the database, went bonkers
>> and joined the formerly living (as in the Dead Parrot routine) and it was
>> easier, in the long run, to re-install. Another reason to have current
>> backups. Sorry. But I DO feel your pain. Ric
> [...]
>> --
>
>
>
> Well, at least Ubuntu Software Center still works.....  Still, I WOULD
> like to know exactly how Synaptic Package Manager got f---ed up.
>
> I would like to thank Liam Proven, Colin Law, Jatin Khatri and Verde
> Denim for their time in this intractable matter.  Everything I tried
> failed.


For me it was after installing a ppa that failed during the process. 
Again, I edited and shoved and pushed on everything I found in a bunch 
of google searches until I was just ~worn out~. But, I like synaptic 
best, and just re-installed. When I added the ppa I suspected of 
breaking things (web-upd8) the next time, it worked a charm. Ric


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