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Re: Synaptic problem(s)

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On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 07:55:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Running Debian 12.7 with MATE
> When launching Synaptic I get a message saying
>   [ You have 1 broken package on your system!"
>     Use the "Broken" filter to locate it.       ]
> Synaptic's Help isn't helpful :{
> It also reports packages to be updated.
> 

Screenshot please Richard - if we can't see it, we can't diagnose it.

> Also started to install gnumeric and it wanted to remove some files I
> associate with printer drivers and also ghostscript.
> 

Details please.

> To investigate I searched for it and Synaptic had a red filled box to the
> left of its name.
> 

Synaptic is a front end to apt. Use command line apt to see what it
reports?

> I did a power off/on restart. Still the same.
> 

What did you expect this would have fixed: nothing had changed.

> What should I do now?
> I suspect using apt &/or cousins would be more informative.\
> Never used them.
> 

You might find that the details of exactly what's broken would be more
tractable, yes.
> Help please.
> [ learned >60 years ago - If you don't know what you're doin *DON'T*!!!]
> 

All best, as ever,

Andy
(amacater@debian.org)
> 

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Synaptic problem(s) Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-11-28 15:00 +0100
  Re: Synaptic problem(s) "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-11-28 20:10 +0100
  Re: Synaptic problem(s) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-11-29 19:40 +0100
    Re: Synaptic problem(s) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-11-29 20:40 +0100
    Re: Synaptic problem(s) Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-11-30 12:20 +0100
      Re: Synaptic problem(s) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-11-30 15:50 +0100
        Re: Synaptic problem(s) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-30 16:10 +0100
          Re: Synaptic problem(s) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-11-30 17:20 +0100
          Re: Synaptic problem(s) Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-12-01 11:50 +0100
            Re: Synaptic problem(s) "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-12-01 13:20 +0100
              Re: Synaptic problem(s) Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-12-02 14:10 +0100

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