Broken Packages

[smss]

Hello.
Can I skip the "apt-get install -f" and forget the broken packages?
I have a lot of broken packages and I do NOT WANT to download thats.

[slickymaster]

IMHO, if I were you, I wouldn't skip it.

The most basic fixes to resolve dependencies problems is to run:

sudo apt-get -f install

The -f option stands for “fix broken”. apt will attempt to correct broken dependencies. If you manually installed a package that had unmet dependencies, apt-get will install those dependencies, if possible, otherwise it may simply remove the package that you installed in order to resolve the problem.

Afterwards, run:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then, run this again:

sudo apt-get -f install