problem with programs

[Haneef Bashir]

thanks Leonard but it didnt work. instead i got  this:
root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# aptitude -emacs21 install
aptitude: invalid option -- e
aptitude 0.4.0
Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i]
       aptitude [options] <action> ...
  Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode):

 install      - Install/upgrade packages
 remove       - Remove packages
 purge        - Remove packages and their configuration files
 hold         - Place packages on hold
 unhold       - Cancel a hold command for a package
 markauto     - Mark packages as having been automatically installed
 unmarkauto   - Mark packages as having been manually installed
 forbid-version - Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package
version.
 update       - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
 upgrade      - Perform a safe upgrade
 dist-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing
packages
 forget-new   - Forget what packages are "new"
 search       - Search for a package by name and/or expression
 show         - Display detailed information about a package
 clean        - Erase downloaded package files
 autoclean    - Erase old downloaded package files
 changelog    - View a package's changelog
 download     - Download the .deb file for a package
 reinstall    - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed
package

  Options:
 -h             This help text
 -s             Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them.
 -d             Only download packages, do not install or remove anything.
 -P             Always prompt for confirmation or actions
 -y             Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is 'yes'
 -F format      Specify a format for displaying search results; see the
manual
 -O order       Specify how search results should be sorted; see the manual
 -w width       Specify the display width for formatting search results
 -f             Aggressively try to fix broken packages.
 -V             Show which versions of packages are to be installed.
 -D             Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages.
 -Z                 Show the change in installed size of each package.
 -v             Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple times)
 -t [release]   Set the release from which packages should be installed
 -q             In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress
indicators.
 -o key=val     Directly set the configuration option named 'key'
 --with(out)-recommends Specify whether or not to treat recommends as
                strong dependencies
 -S fname: Read the aptitude extended status info from fname.
 -u      : Download new package lists on startup.
 -i      : Perform an install run on startup.


On 10/30/07, Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
> --- Haneef Bashir <darkfena313 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > im having problem with my adept package manager. i
> > get this message  when i
> > try to install a program:
> > There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there
> > was a problem
> > downloading some packages or the commit would break
> > packages.
> >
> > these problems where found:
> > E: emacs21: subprocess post-installation script
> > returned error exit status 1
> > E: cedet-common: dependency problems - leaving
> > unconfigured
> > E: eieio: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > E: speedbar: dependency problems - leaving
> > unconfigured
> >
> > i tried to fix this by using dpkg-reconfugure, i got
> > these messages:
> >
> > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
> > eieio
> > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: eieio is broken or not
> > fully installed
> > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
> > cedet
> > Package `cedet' is not installed and no info is
> > available.
> > Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine
> > archive files,
> > and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list
> > their contents.
> > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: cedet is not installed
> > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
> > emacs21
> > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: emacs21 is broken or not
> > fully installed
> > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313# dpkg-reconfigure
> > speedbar
> > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: speedbar is broken or
> > not fully installed
> > root at darkfena313:/home/darkfena313#
> >
> >
> > does anyone know how i can fix this problem? im
> > using kubuntu 6.6
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> Try "sudo aptitude -f install".  Maybe this will add
> the dependencies for you.
> HTH,
>
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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