broken files and apt get locked

[Wulfy]

uriah heep wrote:
> using a fresh instal of Gutsy  (7.10)
>
> When attempting to download VLC through apt get I got a notice of 4
> broken files.  I attempted to uninstall and to reinstall with no luck.
>
> I then started getting error   this might break  and no additional
> programs would be installed
>
> at one time started from command line to load java and the picture for
> java came up but there was no place to say ok I accept and the process
> hung there
>
> 1.  How can I unlock apt get?
> 2. How can I delete broken files witch seem to be preventing my
> installing anything else?
>
>   
Try:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

which should give you, at least, an error message that you can copy and 
paste here...  Hopefully it will bring up the Java license in a form 
that you can complete it properly.  If that happens, the block will 
clear and you'll be able to install VLC.

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