my synaptic pckage manager is broke i think???

[angry_johnnie]

sure looks ugly!

in terminal, type:

cd /var/lib/apt

and then

ls -a

see if ti comes back with an "extended_states" file, or with "extended_states.bak"


if you do have one, try renaming it

sudo mv extended_states extended_states_two

apt should create a new one, so just try installing anything, or updating:

sudo apt-get update

if it doesn't, try creating one yourself. run:

touch extended_states

you may also need to change ownership

sudo chown root.root extended_states

and give yourself read permission

sudo chmod a+r extended_states

then try

sudo apt-get update

[jerrrys]

is extended_states part of dpkg package?

[angry_johnnie]

is extended_states part of dpkg package?

apparently, it is.

it may also help to run

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and

sudo apt-get -f install