synaptic help

[mickeyholm]

hey i'm pretty new to ubuntu and im having a problem with synaptic

E: ERROR: could not create configuration directory /root/.synaptic - mkdir (2 No such file or directory)

i found a few others having a similar issue but difference was their error said

E: ERROR: could not create configuration directory /home/root/.synaptic - mkdir (2 No such file or directory)

can you please help me?

THANKS

[oldos2er]

How exactly are you starting the program? Are you asked for your password?

[mickeyholm]

How exactly are you starting the program? Are you asked for your password?
ive started it through system>administration>synaptic package manager and through terminal and both ways i still get the message.

[ronnielsen1]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=699130
This post seems similar. Try to open a terminal and type

sudo usermod -d /root root

[mickeyholm]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=699130
This post seems similar. Try to open a terminal and type

sudo usermod -d /root root
same error but you're right it is similar the only difference is that one is /home/root and mine is just /root

[patrickballeux]

same error but you're right it is similar the only difference is that one is /home/root and mine is just /root

Can you try this:


sudo bash
Enter your password then...

synaptic

And see what happen...

In the worst case:


sudo mkdir /root/.synaptic

And see what happens...

Good luck!

[mickeyholm]

i tried sudo bash before and synaptic before and it doesn't work.

root@ubuntu:~# sudo mkdir /root/.synaptic
mkdir: cannot create directory `/root/.synaptic': No such file or directory