i tried the comman and this is what happened: darkfena313@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 <div>On 10/30/07, Leonard Chatagnier <<a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net">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;">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 <<a href="mailto:darkfena313@gmail.com">darkfena313@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > im guessing i might of typed the command it wrong > > On 10/30/07, Haneef Bashir <<a href="mailto:darkfena313@gmail.com"> darkfena313@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > On 10/30/07, Leonard Chatagnier > <<a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net">lenc5570@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- Haneef Bashir < <a href="mailto:darkfena313@gmail.com">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">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> > > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > > > > > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">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">lenc5570@sbcglobal.net</a> > > > > > > -- > > > ubuntu-users mailing list > > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > Leonard Chatagnier <a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net">lenc5570@sbcglobal.net </a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>