can't fix broken packages

[chkneater]

I am trying run an update but I get an error "Fix broken package first".

I then went into synaptic and fixed the broken packages and tried to the update but I had the same problem still.

Is there another way to fix packages with a terminal command?

[Quackers]

You could try

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[Rubi1200]

Try running the following commands (post back if errors are reported; copy/paste from the terminal):


sudo apt-get install -f

sudo dpkg --configure -a

edit: oops beaten by Quackers...again :-)

[Quackers]

Lol, but I only had half of the options :-)

[chkneater]

I didn't get any errors and sudo apt-get install -f came out with 0upgraded 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 320 not upgraded. Any thing else I can do?

[matt_symes]

Hi

Open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Post back any errors.

Kind regards

[chkneater]

I ran the code and came out with no errors then went to try to update and I got the same error. There was one more thing that said that no more updates will be made available.

[Quackers]

Which version of Ubuntu are you running?

[chkneater]

9.04

[Quackers]

Non LTS versions of Ubuntu are only supported for 18 months I believe.

[chkneater]

I figured that's what it was but thanks for varifying it for me. I'll jus go and upgrade.