steedvlx600
May 10th, 2017, 10:58 AM
UbuntuMATE 16.04.02
I was installing Viber from their debian package. I have it installed on two other nearly identical systems with no problems. (The only differences are video adapters) But, for some reason the installation froze for a very long time... and broke my package system...
This has happened before. And, I thought it would be easily fixed using:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Which returned the following:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package viber needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
So, I tried:
$ sudo apt clean
$ sudo apt-get update (finished normally)
$ sudo apt-get install -f (Returned the same results as before)
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a (finished normally without output)
Whenever trying to purge viber, I receive the same message the "viber needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it."
I tried
$ sudo apt-get purge --force-yes viber
Which gives me:
$ sudo apt-get purge --force-yes viber
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package viber needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
I cannot run synaptic because it is not installed on this system... And, I cannot install it until I fix this problem
Anyone see what I am missing here?
I was installing Viber from their debian package. I have it installed on two other nearly identical systems with no problems. (The only differences are video adapters) But, for some reason the installation froze for a very long time... and broke my package system...
This has happened before. And, I thought it would be easily fixed using:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Which returned the following:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package viber needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
So, I tried:
$ sudo apt clean
$ sudo apt-get update (finished normally)
$ sudo apt-get install -f (Returned the same results as before)
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a (finished normally without output)
Whenever trying to purge viber, I receive the same message the "viber needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it."
I tried
$ sudo apt-get purge --force-yes viber
Which gives me:
$ sudo apt-get purge --force-yes viber
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package viber needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
I cannot run synaptic because it is not installed on this system... And, I cannot install it until I fix this problem
Anyone see what I am missing here?