problem with apt & dpkg

[herot]

i tried to install ubuntu-lite-desktop...
now whenever i try to do something with apt i get the code below....
also it says i need to do "dpkg --configure -a" but when i try to do that the computer just locks up (usually at configuring bittornado) and i have to turn it off and back on (cant even reboot) so i thought i would try purging the packages it locks up on or try purging ubuntu-lite-desktop but none of these have fixed my problem!! how can i get this package to go away like before i tried to install it??? please help!




herot@slasheru:~$ su
Password:
root@slasheru:/home/herot # /etc/init.d/samba stop
* Stopping Samba daemons... [done!]
root@slasheru:/home/herot # apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates Release [19.6kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Sources
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release.gpg [189B]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release [19.6kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Sources
Fetched 39.6kB in 11s (3542B/s)
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
root@slasheru:/home/herot # dpkg --purge
dpkg: --purge needs at least one package name argument

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages ;
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --licence for copyright licence and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) .

Options marked produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !

root@slasheru:/home/herot # dpkg -C
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
xpdf-utils Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- utilities
xpdf-reader Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- viewer for X11
libgoffice-1 Document centric objects library - runtime files
rox-filer A simple graphical file manager for X11
wdm WINGs Display Manager - an xdm replacement with a WindowM
graveman graphical tool to burn dvd and cd, gtk based
icewm-themes Theme files for the Ice Window Manager
xpdf Portable Document Format (PDF) suite
gnumeric-common common files for Gnumeric, the GNOME spreadsheet applicat
python-wxgtk2.4 wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (wxPython bindin
icewm wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
sylpheed-i18n Locale data for Sylpheed (i18n support)
emelfm file manager for X/gtk
libwraster3 Shared libraries of Window Maker rasterizer
icewm-common wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
abiword WYSIWYG word processor based on GTK2
python-gtk-1.2 GTK support module for Python
libgpgme11 GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
iceme A graphical menu editor for IceWM
icepref Yet another configuration tool for IceWM
cdrdao Disk-At-Once (DAO) recording of audio and data CD-Rs/CD-R
libxfcegui4-3 Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
xpdf-common Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- common files
lynx Text-mode WWW Browser
sylpheed Light weight e-mail client with GTK+
python-wxversion wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (wxPython versio
python2.4-sip4-qt3 Python/C++ bindings generator - Python2.3+Qt3 runtime
gqview A simple image viewer using GTK+
abiword-common WYSIWYG word processor based on GTK2
libmysqlclient14 mysql database client library
libgsf-gnome-1 Structured File Library - runtime version for GNOME
mousepad simple Xfce oriented text editor
gnumeric GNOME spreadsheet application
icewm-gnome-support GNOME support files for IceWM
lesstif1 OSF/Motif 1.2 implementation released under LGPL
libwxgtk2.4-1 wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (GTK+ runtime)
python-qt3 Qt3 bindings for Python (default version)
ivman daemon to auto-mount and manage media devices
xfce4-icon-theme Xfce Standard icon theme
mc midnight commander - a powerful file manager
hplip HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (hplip) - GUI
python2.4-qt3 Qt3 bindings for Python 2.4
bittornado-gui bittorrent client with enhanced GUI interface

The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems
configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using
dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
language-selector Language selector for ubuntu linux
bittornado bittorrent client with enhanced curses interface

root@slasheru:/home/herot # dpkg --purge bittornado
(Reading database ... 103737 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bittornado ...
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management.
root@slasheru:/home/herot # dpkg -C
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
xpdf-utils Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- utilities
xpdf-reader Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- viewer for X11
libgoffice-1 Document centric objects library - runtime files
rox-filer A simple graphical file manager for X11
wdm WINGs Display Manager - an xdm replacement with a WindowM
graveman graphical tool to burn dvd and cd, gtk based
icewm-themes Theme files for the Ice Window Manager
xpdf Portable Document Format (PDF) suite
gnumeric-common common files for Gnumeric, the GNOME spreadsheet applicat
python-wxgtk2.4 wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (wxPython bindin
icewm wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
sylpheed-i18n Locale data for Sylpheed (i18n support)
emelfm file manager for X/gtk
libwraster3 Shared libraries of Window Maker rasterizer
icewm-common wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
abiword WYSIWYG word processor based on GTK2
python-gtk-1.2 GTK support module for Python
libgpgme11 GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
iceme A graphical menu editor for IceWM
icepref Yet another configuration tool for IceWM
cdrdao Disk-At-Once (DAO) recording of audio and data CD-Rs/CD-R
libxfcegui4-3 Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
xpdf-common Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- common files
lynx Text-mode WWW Browser
sylpheed Light weight e-mail client with GTK+
python-wxversion wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (wxPython versio
python2.4-sip4-qt3 Python/C++ bindings generator - Python2.3+Qt3 runtime
gqview A simple image viewer using GTK+

[aysiu]

A shot in the dark, but...

Have you tried using sudo dpkg --configure -a in a regular terminal instead of dpkg --configure -a in a root terminal? It may not make a difference, but it's worth a shot.

[herot]

well actually ive been SSHing in and doing all this stuff, but no i haven't tried that...
could you explain why that would matter?? (just curious)

but i guess ill give it a shot :)

[aysiu]

could you explain why that would matter?? (just curious) I just know that sometimes root and sudo behave a little bit differently in Ubuntu. It probably won't make a difference, but when something isn't working, you'll try just about anything, just in case--at least that's what I usually do.

[herot]

ok well the sudo thing didn't work... any other ideas?

[aysiu]

ok well the sudo thing didn't work... any other ideas? Nope. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I am will step in. Sorry I couldn't be more help.