Issues with installing new packages

[BloodiedFangs]

Hi, I'm running the 64-bit distro, and I've been having trouble installing new packages. I've tried with both synaptic and kpackagekit, with no luck. I always get an unknown error

Any suggestions on what I could try would be greatly appreciated.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Issues with installing new packages

Hi, I'm running the 64-bit distro, and I've been having trouble installing new packages. I've tried with both synaptic and kpackagekit, with no luck. I always get an unknown error

Any suggestions on what I could try would be greatly appreciated.

I just replaced my 64bit Karmic install with the 64 bit Lucid Lynx but neither gave me any trouble running any version of an application package manger: apt-get, kpackagekit, Synaptic, dpkg, etc...

It sounds like you installed from a bad ISO. My suggestion is that your test the md5sum of your ISO AND when you boot the LiveCD run the second menu option, which checks the burn of that ISO. If they are both good then reinstall. IF not, redownload and reburn, checking both, until you get a good burn. It helps if you can burn at a speed <= 10X.

[Rog131]

Re: Issues with installing new packages

...I've tried with both synaptic and kpackagekit, with no luck. I always get an unknown error...

Rule of thumb

When you get a mysterious error with the gui, use the cli.

With the cli you usually get a full error message and could do a net search with the error message.


With the apt-get /1/; konsole:

Update the package database:

sudo apt-get update

Clean the local package archives

sudo apt-get clean

Try to upgrade.

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Try to install.

sudo apt-get install <package>

Any errors ??


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[BloodiedFangs]

Re: Issues with installing new packages

Thanks heaps, guys, looks like its working on the whole.