[xubuntu-users] Lost Libraries

[John Deakin]

El,

Amazingly after restarting now synaptic has come back to life. I haven't
a clue what happened but now working. I hope nothing else has been affected.

Thank you also Petter I now know where to start.

regards,
John

On 12/02/15 09:56, Elbert LaGrew wrote:
> Re-install. That's the safest thing to do.  Sometimes it is better to
> cut losses and do the easier thing.,,IMHO.
> 
> --El
> 
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 3:48 AM, John Deakin <john at humanaspects.co.uk
> <mailto:john at humanaspects.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     El,
> 
>     Sorry you a communicating with a Linux thicko. Which log file and where
>     can it be found?
> 
>     If it is in my home directory I am afraid it has been deleted as in my
>     initial panic I did a backup restore of home.
> 
>     regards,
>     John
> 
>     On 11/02/15 22:13, Elbert LaGrew wrote:
>     > Have you checked the log files? Any clues there?
>     >
>     > --El
>     >
>     > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:57 PM, John Deakin <john at humanaspects.co.uk <mailto:john at humanaspects.co.uk>
>     > <mailto:john at humanaspects.co.uk <mailto:john at humanaspects.co.uk>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >     Chris,
>     >
>     >     Thanks very much. Did all that but no change. The
>     authentication window
>     >     shows, I fill in the password and it dies. Anything else to try?
>     >
>     >     regards,
>     >     John
>     >
>     >     On 11/02/15 18:49, Chris Green wrote:
>     >     > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 06:32:11PM +0000, John Deakin wrote:
>     >     >> Hello,
>     >     >>
>     >     >> I have done something rather stupid. I used aptitude to try
>     to remove
>     >     >> plex manager. The report from aptitude was that plex could
>     not be found
>     >     >> but offered some other files which were probably libraries
>     to delete.
>     >     >> Stupidly in the hope that this might disable plex I went ahead.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> As a consequence Synaptic Package Manager bombs out after I
>     enter my
>     >     >> password and I cannot install Muon Package Manager or Muon
>     Software
>     >     >> Centre using Ubuntu Software Centre. They seem to install
>     up to a point
>     >     >> but then USC gives up and forgets about it.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Please does anyone know which libraries/files are likely to
>     be missing
>     >     >> and how I can re-install them?
>     >     >
>     >     > Use the command line.  Open a terminal window and at the command
>     >     > prompt enter:-
>     >     >
>     >     >     sudo apt-get update
>     >     >     sudo apt-get remove synaptic
>     >     >     sudo apt-get install synaptic
>     >     >
>     >     > (The remove may not be necessary but will do no harm)
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >
>     >     --
>     >     regards,
>     >     John
>     >     01367 820542
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regards,
John
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