[xubuntu-users] Lost Libraries

[Elbert LaGrew]

Good deal!  When in doubt...restart, :-)

Good luck John and happy computing!

--El

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:09 AM, John Deakin <john at humanaspects.co.uk>
wrote:

> 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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El LaGrew
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