system keeps attempting a partial upgrade, can't install software or upgrade

[bapoumba]

Glad to see you fixed it. Please mark your thread as solved (under Thread tools), thanks.
I am interested by the link where you found that, do you still have it around ? A broken dpkg output is a broken dpkg output, unless I am missing something about recovery mode, which I very will may

[lucy3]

Glad to see you fixed it. Please mark your thread as solved (under Thread tools), thanks.

Already done, may be a NOOB but that's just good manners

[I am interested by the link where you found that, do you still have it around ? A broken dpkg output is a broken dpkg output, unless I am missing something about recovery mode, which I very will may

See below, don't know enough to tell you what exactly the repair function does.

http://lxle.net/forum/#/discussion/522/dropbox-wont-install/p1