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| From | David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Synaptic problem(s) |
| Date | 2024-11-29 19:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <JOe4h-cy2G-21@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <JNNdL-celA-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-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.
>
> Also started to install gnumeric and it wanted to remove some files I
> associate with printer drivers and also ghostscript.
>
> To investigate I searched for it and Synaptic had a red filled box to
> the left of its name.
>
> I did a power off/on restart. Still the same.
>
> What should I do now?
> I suspect using apt &/or cousins would be more informative.\
> Never used them.
>
> Help please.
> [ learned >60 years ago - If you don't know what you're doin *DON'T*!!!]
$ dpkg -l | grep -v '^ii '
may give you an idea of which packages are broken.
Cheers,
David.
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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
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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
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Re: Synaptic problem(s) Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-12-02 14:10 +0100
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