im guessing i might of typed the command it wrong <div>On 10/30/07, Haneef Bashir <<a href="mailto:darkfena313@gmail.com">darkfena313@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">thanks Leonard but it didnt work. instead i got this: root@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.<div> <div> On 10/30/07, Leonard Chatagnier <<a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">lenc5570@sbcglobal.net </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> --- Haneef Bashir <<a href="mailto:darkfena313@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">darkfena313@gmail.com</a>> 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@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure > eieio > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: eieio is broken or not > fully installed > root@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@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure > emacs21 > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: emacs21 is broken or not > fully installed > root@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure > speedbar > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: speedbar is broken or > not fully installed > root@darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# > > > does anyone know how i can fix this problem? im > using kubuntu 6.6 > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> > Try "sudo aptitude -f install". Maybe this will add the dependencies for you. HTH, Leonard Chatagnier <a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> lenc5570@sbcglobal.net</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div> </div></blockquote></div>