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    Hello,

    I recently tried to mess a bit around with adobe reader to get pdf's to work within firefox. Not only did I not succeed. I also messed a lot of things up. The update thing says there is an update for acroread, but that gives an error that says that there are broken packages. And when I try to open synaptic it says this:

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    E: Type '<!DOCTYPE' op regel 1 in bronlijst /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list is onbekend
    E: Kan de lijst van bronnen niet inlezen.
    Ga naar de broninstellingen om het probleem te verhelpen.
    E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
    It has a lot of Dutch in it (I'm from the Netherlands), but it says that it can't read the list of sources and that I have to go to 'source-properties' to solve the problem.

    Can anybody help out?

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    Re: Can't start synaptic anymore (error) and updates don't work anymore..

    So go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and see if you can figure out what is wrong. I don't speak Dutch but it looks like a problem with yoru medibuntu repositories listings. You might try removing them and then adding them again per Medibuntu's guide at their site.

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    Re: Can't start synaptic anymore (error) and updates don't work anymore..

    Move the file and then install the medibuntu repos again - can't read dutch but it looks exactly the as in english. Run each command seperately -

    Code:
    sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list.bak
    sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update
    I assume you are using hardy - if not change hardy

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    Re: Can't start synaptic anymore (error) and updates don't work anymore..

    Hi forestpixie. I tried your commands. The first two ones go well. The last one gives some trouble. It downloads all this stuff and then says that

    the medibuntu-keyring is already the newest one, and that I probably want to do the 'apt-get -f install' to fix the following:
    the following packages have not full demands/dependancies (something like it):
    acroread-escript: demands: acroread but it will not be installed
    acroread-plugins: demands: acroread (= 8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1) but it will not be installed
    mozilla-acroread: demands: acroread (= 8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1) but it will not be installed
    E: There are demands that are not done. You can best do 'apt-get -f install' without specifying packages, (or you can specify a solution yourself).

    So I tried to do 'sudo apt-get -f install' which tells me that 3 packages where not fully installed or removed and that I can proceed which will download something of about 29mb and it will take about 74mb extra. type Y if you want to proceed.
    I type Y and then it doesn't download anything. It just says that acroread will be unpacked but that there is a mistake with /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
    trying overwriting `/usr/bin/acroread', which is also in package adobereader-enu
    Found mistakes while working on:
    /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

    (Throughout the codes I translated some stuff, so it may not be standard thing it normally says..)

    Does that help anything? What should I do now?

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    Re: Can't start synaptic anymore (error) and updates don't work anymore..

    Can you do -
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install acroread
    post the output as it is in Dutch please.

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    Re: Can't start synaptic anymore (error) and updates don't work anymore..

    I did that and it gives me this:

    Code:
    Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
    Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd       
    Statusinformatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
    Aanbevolen pakketten:
      libxul0d
    De volgende NIEUWE pakketten zullen geïnstalleerd worden:
      acroread
    0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 1 pakketten nieuw geïnstalleerd, 0 te verwijderen en 0 niet opgewaardeerd.
    3 pakketten niet volledig geïnstalleerd of verwijderd.
    Er moeten 0B/29,5MB aan archieven opgehaald worden.
    Na deze handeling, zal er 73,9MB extra schijfruimte gebruikt worden.
    (Database inlezen ... 140304 bestanden en mappen geïnstalleerd.)
    Uitpakken van acroread (uit .../acroread_8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb) ...
    dpkg: fout bij afhandelen van /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
     poging tot overschrijven van `/usr/bin/acroread', wat ook in pakket adobereader-enu zit
    Fouten gevonden tijdens behandelen van:
     /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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    Re: Can't start synaptic anymore (error) and updates don't work anymore..

    Try to remove adobereader-enu and run apt-get install -f again

    Code:
    sudo apt-get remove adobereader-enu
    sudo apt-get install -f

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    Re: Can't start synaptic anymore (error) and updates don't work anymore..

    ok. The first one gave me this:

    Code:
    ricam@ricam-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove adobereader-enu
    [sudo] password for ricam: 
    Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
    Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd       
    Statusinformatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
    U wilt waarschijnlijk 'apt-get -f install' uitvoeren om volgende op te lossen:
    De volgende pakketten hebben niet-voldane vereisten:
      acroread-escript: Vereisten: acroread maar het zal niet geïnstalleerd worden
      acroread-plugins: Vereisten: acroread (= 8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1) maar het zal niet geïnstalleerd worden
      mozilla-acroread: Vereisten: acroread (= 8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1) maar het zal niet geïnstalleerd worden
    E: Er zijn niet-voldane vereisten. U kunt best 'apt-get -f install' uitvoeren zonder pakketten op te geven, (of u kunt zelf een oplossing specificeren).
    and the second command gave me this:

    Code:
    ricam@ricam-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
    Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
    Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd       
    Statusinformatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
    Vereisten worden gecorrigeerd... Klaar
    De volgende extra pakketten zullen geïnstalleerd worden:
      acroread
    Aanbevolen pakketten:
      libxul0d
    De volgende NIEUWE pakketten zullen geïnstalleerd worden:
      acroread
    0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 1 pakketten nieuw geïnstalleerd, 0 te verwijderen en 0 niet opgewaardeerd.
    3 pakketten niet volledig geïnstalleerd of verwijderd.
    Er moeten 0B/29,5MB aan archieven opgehaald worden.
    Na deze handeling, zal er 73,9MB extra schijfruimte gebruikt worden.
    Wilt u doorgaan [J/n]? j
    (Database inlezen ... 140304 bestanden en mappen geïnstalleerd.)
    Uitpakken van acroread (uit .../acroread_8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb) ...
    dpkg: fout bij afhandelen van /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
     poging tot overschrijven van `/usr/bin/acroread', wat ook in pakket adobereader-enu zit
    Fouten gevonden tijdens behandelen van:
     /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_8.1.2.su1-0.0medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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    Re: Can't start synaptic anymore (error) and updates don't work anymore..

    Ok - so it gives install -f again then

    When you first installed acroread did it actually install properly, where you able ti use it.

    Can you open synaptic? If you can, go to custom filters - and see if there are any broken.

    You could try
    Code:
    sudo dpkg --reconfigure -a
    but I'm sure it will give install -f

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