Synaptic Package Manager - unresolvable dependencies - Error message

[amjjawad]

I'm trying to install GParted because it's not installed by default in Ubuntu 10.04.
I've been trying to install it from Synaptic Package Manager but every time I try that, I get this error message:

gparted:
Depends: libparted0 but it is not going to be installed


When I try to install libparted0, I get this error message:

libparted0:
Depends: libparted0debian1 (=2.2-5ubuntu5) but 2.2-5ubuntu5.1 is to be installed

And when I try to install libparted0debian1, I founded it already installed.

Two days ago, I was able to install GParted smoothly and without any problem at all. I had to format and Install Ubuntu 10.04 again. I've failed to install GParted since I installed Ubuntu last time.

No, I'm not trying to install anything via Synaptic nor Terminal.

How to fix that?

Thanks a lot.

P.S.
Screen shot is attached.

[spikoley]

Try installing it from the terminal and let us know what happens.

sudo apt-get install gparted

[amjjawad]

Try installing it from the terminal and let us know what happens.

sudo apt-get install gparted

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gparted: Depends: libparted0 (>= 2.2-1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

[spikoley]

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gparted: Depends: libparted0 (>= 2.2-1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

The error mentions it could be a broken package. Try opening Synaptic > click Edit > Fix Broken Packages and see if it fixes your problem.

[amjjawad]

The error mentions it could be a broken package. Try opening Synaptic > click Edit > Fix Broken Packages and see if it fixes your problem.

Have done that already but nothing changed.

[spikoley]

Please post the results of the command below.

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

[amjjawad]

Please post the results of the command below.

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100816.1)]/ lucid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse

[amjjawad]

By the way, I just used Synaptic to download and install GIMP. It worked perfectly. I tried again with GParted by same error message. I thought there's something wrong with Synaptic but that's not an option.

I don't get it, why don't they include GParted with Ubuntu 10.04 just like Ubuntu 9.10?

[amjjawad]

I tried to install it from Ubuntu Software Center and I got another error message. Please check the attached screen shot.

Okay, I'll stop trying and will wait for more replies

[spikoley]

It looks like this is a bug that has been fixed. Run the Update Manager and try again.