<div dir="ltr">Good deal! When in doubt...restart, :-)<div> </div><div>Good luck John and happy computing!</div><div> </div><div>--El</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:09 AM, John Deakin <<a href="mailto:john@humanaspects.co.uk" target="_blank">john@humanaspects.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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 <<a href="mailto:john@humanaspects.co.uk">john@humanaspects.co.uk</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:john@humanaspects.co.uk">john@humanaspects.co.uk</a>>> 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 <<a href="mailto:john@humanaspects.co.uk">john@humanaspects.co.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:john@humanaspects.co.uk">john@humanaspects.co.uk</a>> > > <mailto:<a href="mailto:john@humanaspects.co.uk">john@humanaspects.co.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:john@humanaspects.co.uk">john@humanaspects.co.uk</a>>>> <div><div class="h5">> 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 > > > > -- > > xubuntu-users mailing list > > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> </div></div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>>> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > El LaGrew > > > > > > -- > regards, > John > 01367 820542 > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> > > > > > -- > El LaGrew > > -- regards, John 01367 820542 -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> <div> </div>-- <div class="gmail_signature">El LaGrew </div> </div>