saned needs to be reinstalled

Couldn't find any package matching "saned". However, the following
packages contain "saned" in their description:
  sane-utils libsane

got this when i tried to "aptitude install saned".

maybe you should remove current sane-utils and libsane and re-install it back. just my suggestion. :)

I tried:

sudo aptitude remove sane

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  ekiga gnupg libspeex1 locales
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Error!
E: I wasn't able to locate a file for the saned package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. (due to missing arch)
E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?

Any ideas on what to do next?

Bill

this is what i do. step-by-step.

sudo su

enter your password

aptitude remove sane-utils

aptitude remove libsane

aptitude install sane-utils

aptitude install libsane

aptitude install kbackgammon

Above did not work, received the same error messages as before.

E: I wasn't able to locate a file for the saned package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. (due to missing arch)
E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?

:\ i couldn't find what is your problem exactly.

"E: I wasn't able to locate a file for the saned package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. (due to missing arch)
E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?"

you must be r00t to perform apt-get or aptitude command. that's what i know.

I'm sorry if i don't answered your question suits your need.

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sudo su <- enter this command

then it will ask for your password.
then enter your user name password.

after you become to root user, enter another command step-by-step.

aptitude remove sane-utils <- enter this

aptitude remove libsane <- then enter this

aptitude install sane-utils <- then enter this

aptitude install libsane <- then enter this

aptitude install kbackgammon <-- then enter this

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if you have tried this and it still won't work as before, i have no idea. he he. I'm sorry. Maybe we should wait for others.

I did all that and received the same errors. I am ready to just reinstall linux from the CD to fix.