I Installed debian sid a few days ago and then added ubuntu universe and multiverse repositories so so that I could get things like w32codecs. apt-get update gives me errors with bad keys but I decided to ingore these. I installed the codecs and some other packages with no problems but I then tried to do an upgrade in synaptic which downloaded over 200 packages and installed most of them bombing out near the end. I cant seem to fix my system. I tried "apt-get -f install" which bombs out telling me to try "apt-get -f install" Then I tried the following... bob@shuttle:~/Downloads/Iso-s$ sudo apt-get -f upgrade gnome-games-data Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: xrdb The following packages have been kept back: gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-themes libgnomemm-2.6-dev locales The following packages will be upgraded: gnome-games-data python-gmenu 2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. 6 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/3495kB of archives. After unpacking 1956kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! xrdb python-gmenu gnome-games-data Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y (Reading database ... 109866 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking xrdb (from .../xrdb_1%3a1.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xrdb_1%3a1.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/xrdb', which is also in package xbase-clients Preparing to replace python-gmenu 2.14.0-6 (using .../python-gmenu_2.14.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 7, in ? import pyversions ImportError: Bad magic number in /usr/share/python/pyversions.pyc dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-gmenu_2.14.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack): there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 7, in ? import pyversions ImportError: Bad magic number in /usr/share/python/pyversions.pyc dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Preparing to replace gnome-games-data 1:2.14.2.1-1 (using .../gnome-games-data_1%3a2.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gnome-games-data ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-games-data_1%3a2.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-games-common/cards/bonded.png', which is also in package gnome-cards-data dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/xrdb_1%3a1.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/python-gmenu_2.14.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-games-data_1%3a2.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) bob@shuttle:~/Downloads/Iso-s$ sudo apt-get remove gnome-games-data Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: gdm: Depends: xrdb but it is not going to be installed gnome-games: Depends: gnome-games-data (= 1: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed gnome-menus: Depends: python-gmenu (>= 2.14.3-0ubuntu1) but 2.14.0-6 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). bob@shuttle:~/Downloads/Iso-s$ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: gnome-games-data python-gmenu xrdb The following NEW packages will be installed: xrdb The following packages will be upgraded: gnome-games-data python-gmenu 2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. 6 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/3495kB of archives. After unpacking 1956kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! xrdb python-gmenu gnome-games-data Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y (Reading database ... 109866 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking xrdb (from .../xrdb_1%3a1.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xrdb_1%3a1.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/xrdb', which is also in package xbase-clients Preparing to replace python-gmenu 2.14.0-6 (using .../python-gmenu_2.14.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 7, in ? import pyversions ImportError: Bad magic number in /usr/share/python/pyversions.pyc dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-gmenu_2.14.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack): there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 7, in ? import pyversions ImportError: Bad magic number in /usr/share/python/pyversions.pyc dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Preparing to replace gnome-games-data 1: 2.14.2.1-1 (using .../gnome-games-data_1%3a2.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gnome-games-data ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-games-data_1%3a2.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-games-common/cards/bonded.png', which is also in package gnome-cards-data dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/xrdb_1%3a1.0.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/python-gmenu_2.14.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-games-data_1%3a2.14.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) How do I get back to a usable apt-get/synaptic ? Bob.