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Re: Synaptic Problem

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On 12/23/23 09:13, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> Thanks for your reply. Please see belowl
> 
> 
> On 12/23/2023 08:44 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:34:16AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
>>> I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> Wen I tried to run the app using the run icon I got the error:
>>>
>>> Failed to execute./update command "@@BINAR@@".
>>> railed to execute child process "@@BINARY@@" (No sudh file or directory)
>>>
>>> So, I uninstalled the program:
>>>
>> Did you check the directories afterwards, removing any files you found
>> related to vmware?
>>
>>> root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# vmware-installer --list-products
>>> Product Name         Product Version
>>> ==================== ====================
>>> vmware-player        17.5.0.22583795
>>> root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# vmware-installer -u vmware-player
>>> All configuration information is about to be removed. Do you wish to
>>> keep your configuration files? You can also input 'quit' or 'q' to
>>> cancel uninstallation. [yes]: no
>>>
>>> Uninstalling VMware Installer 3.1.0
>>>      Deconfiguring...
>>> [######################################################################]
>>> 100%
>>> Uninstallation was successful.
>>> root@AbNormal:/usr/bin#
>>>
>> That looks like a success ...
>>
>>> However, I have a bit of a problem, when I attempt:
>>>
>>> (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt update
>>> [sudo] password for comp:
>>> Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security 
>>> InRelease
>>> Hit:2 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian bookworm InRelease
>>> Hit:3 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
>>> Hit:4 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree... Done
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> All packages are up to date.
>>> W: https://repo.skype.com/deb/dists/stable/InRelease: Key is stored in
>>> legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION
>>> section in apt-key(8) for details.
>>> (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree... Done
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> E: The package virtualbox-7.0 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't 
>>> find an
>>> archive for it.
>>> (base) comp@AbNormal:~$
>>>
>> If you were using virtualbox before vmware, could this be left over?
>> Virtualbox has been removed from Debian stable versions - see
>> https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox but I think you could pick it up from
>> Oracle.
>>
>> If you've nothing that depends on either particularly, I'd recommend
>> virt-manager and the kvm/qemu universe.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>> Please advise.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
>>> https://insilicochemistry.net
>>> (614)312-7528 (c)
>>> Skype:  smolnar1
>>>
> Actually, I am using the QEM/KVM virt-manager programs for Windows 10 
> and an very happy with them. However, right now I'm hung up on accessing 
> the host and the internet from the Windows guest. I was hoping to get 
> som insight from VMWare as to a solution.
> 
> My major problem is, because of the problem with VMWare Player, I can.t 
> use Synaptic or apt to update and upgrade Bookworm.
> 

This my shed some light on the subject

Try this

dpkg --verify


for example running on my system.....
dpkg --verify
??5?????? c /etc/skel/.bashrc
??5?????? c /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
??5?????? c /etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf
??5?????? c /etc/systemd/logind.conf
??5?????? c /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
??5?????? c /etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd
??5?????? c /etc/wayfire/greeter.ini
??5??????   /usr/share/firefox/distribution/distribution.ini
missing     /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-fbturbo.conf
??5?????? c /etc/default/useradd
??5?????? c /etc/dphys-swapfile
??5?????? c /etc/login.defs
??5?????? c /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

I have spoken

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