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add/remove programs

Asked by Ingalls

I just upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 and I was trying to remove some older programs that I don't use any more. I click on the check mark and it comes up with the "busy mouse" and the check mark never becomes unchecked!

Should I start using the package manager instead???

Thanks

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Ingalls (ingallsr) said : 		#1

It also says

Sorry, the package "slocate3.1-1ubuntu4" failed to install or upgrade

This never happened in ubuntu 8.04

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Andrew Gee (andrewgee) said : 		#2

Ingalls,

Does this happen with every program you try to remove within Add/Remove programs, or does it just happen for one specific application?

If it only happens with one application, which application is it?

Andrew Gee

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Ingalls (ingallsr) said : 		#3

It happens to all of the applications in Add/remove programs.

It doesn't matter whether I am removing them or adding them.

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Andrew Gee (andrewgee) said : 		#4

Ingalls,

It could be that there are some unfinished installations on your computer. Load up a terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get install -f

If that doesn't work, try using a package manager to modify installations and see if that provides you with more information about what's going wrong.

Good Luck

Andrew Gee

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

The "dpkg --configure -a" is asked by the system when a previous update/upgrade process have not completely performed good, and it must run with "root" privileged administrative user.
Using the "sudo" command we can do a command as "root" user, and "dpkg --configure -a" need be run from root user.
After the "dpkg --configure -a" command i add all the usual commands (see below) you can run to be sure your system became fully upgraded.

Typing the commands as sudo the system will ask you for a password, please give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

So please:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(when the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

Hope this helps

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Ingalls (ingallsr) said : 		#6

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.