How do I get output from command line

[winsane]

I want to post the output I am getting when I try to install packages on my Ubuntu server but all I have is the command line. Is there a way to pipe my output to a file and post it on the forum?

[hyper_ch]

COMMAND > ~/Desktop/output.txt

[decoherence]

also COMMAND | tee file for example

apt-get install something | tee ~/Desktop/output.txt

which allows you to watch the output and saves it to a file.

[winsane]

First, I try to install util-linux


Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
Building tag database...
The following packages are BROKEN:
util-linux
The following packages have been kept back:
bash bind9-host bsdutils dnsutils dpkg dselect file initramfs-tools
iproute libmagic1 libpam-modules libpam0g libssl0.9.8 linux-image-server
linux-server lshw mount openssh-client openssh-server parted pciutils
procps python2.4 python2.4-minimal samba samba-common sudo winbind
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/440kB of archives. After unpacking 664kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
util-linux: PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.4) but 2.3.6-0ubuntu20.5 is installed.
PreDepends: libncurses5 (>= 5.6+20071006-3) but 5.5-1ubuntu3 is installed.
PreDepends: libslang2 (>= 2.0.7-1) but 2.0.5-1build2 is installed.
PreDepends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1) but 1:1.2.3-6ubuntu4 is installed.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
console-common
console-data
console-tools
initscripts
sysvinit
ubuntu-minimal
util-linux

Score is -202428

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] The following ESSENTIAL packages will be REMOVED!
util-linux sysvinit

WARNING: Performing this action will probably cause your system to break!
Do NOT continue unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing!
To continue, type the phrase "I am aware that this is a very bad idea":
Abort.

********And then the other (libcupsys2):
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
Building tag database...
The following packages have been kept back:
bash bind9-host bsdutils dnsutils dpkg dselect file initramfs-tools
iproute libmagic1 libpam-modules libpam0g libssl0.9.8 linux-image-server
linux-server lshw mount openssh-client openssh-server parted pciutils
procps python2.4 python2.4-minimal samba samba-common sudo util-linux
winbind
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 29 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information...

I actually have weird dependency issues like this all over the place. What I want to do is get a gnome desktop up and running on my ubuntu server. What packages do I need to download and how do I resolve these dependencies!!?

[decoherence]

i want to confirm that your installed system and your sources.list match up. please post the following output

lsb_release -a

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

the version reported in lsb_release should jive with the version referred to in sources.list (hardy, gutsy, etc)

if they do match up you can try the following without fear of further damaging your system

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install

if they don't match up (for instance if lsb_release reports Gutsy but sources.list refers to hardy) you should first change your sources.list to match what lsb_release reports, then run the above two apt-get commands. if you wish to upgrade after that, first run

sudo apt-get upgrade

then change your sources.list back so it refers to hardy again and run

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

hth

[kpkeerthi]

I want to post the output I am getting when I try to install packages on my Ubuntu server but all I have is the command line. Is there a way to pipe my output to a file and post it on the forum?

http://www.devdaily.com/blog/post/li...mand-line-i-o/

[decoherence]

kpkeerthi, that's handy!

[kpkeerthi]

kpkeerthi, that's handy!

You are welcome. I use that everytime I run package updates so I can go back and do post-mortem should something go wrong.

[finer recliner]

ctrl+shift+c will copy from a terminal window. you can then paste it in another window using the normal ctrl+v (or middle click)

[winsane]

Sources.list and lsb_release -a are both showing Ubuntu 8.04. When I ran apt-get install upgrade, there was a great deal of installing and it appear to end successfully.

However, typing 'startx' does not launch anything but an error message.