[xubuntu-users] Lost Libraries

[Petter Adsen]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:48:09 +0000
John Deakin <john at humanaspects.co.uk> wrote:

> El,
> 
> Sorry you a communicating with a Linux thicko. Which log file and
> where can it be found?

Check in "/var/log/apt".

Petter

> If it is in my home directory I am afraid it has been deleted as in my
> initial panic I did a backup restore of home.
> 
> regards,
> John
> 
> On 11/02/15 22:13, Elbert LaGrew wrote:
> > Have you checked the log files? Any clues there?
> > 
> > --El
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:57 PM, John Deakin
> > <john at humanaspects.co.uk <mailto:john at humanaspects.co.uk>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Chris,
> > 
> >     Thanks very much. Did all that but no change. The
> > authentication window shows, I fill in the password and it dies.
> > Anything else to try?
> > 
> >     regards,
> >     John
> > 
> >     On 11/02/15 18:49, Chris Green wrote:
> >     > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 06:32:11PM +0000, John Deakin wrote:
> >     >> Hello,
> >     >>
> >     >> I have done something rather stupid. I used aptitude to try
> >     >> to remove plex manager. The report from aptitude was that
> >     >> plex could not be found but offered some other files which
> >     >> were probably libraries to delete. Stupidly in the hope that
> >     >> this might disable plex I went ahead.
> >     >>
> >     >> As a consequence Synaptic Package Manager bombs out after I
> >     >> enter my password and I cannot install Muon Package Manager
> >     >> or Muon Software Centre using Ubuntu Software Centre. They
> >     >> seem to install up to a point but then USC gives up and
> >     >> forgets about it.
> >     >>
> >     >> Please does anyone know which libraries/files are likely to
> >     >> be missing and how I can re-install them?
> >     >
> >     > Use the command line.  Open a terminal window and at the
> >     > command prompt enter:-
> >     >
> >     >     sudo apt-get update
> >     >     sudo apt-get remove synaptic
> >     >     sudo apt-get install synaptic
> >     >
> >     > (The remove may not be necessary but will do no harm)
> >     >
> >     >
> > 
> >     --
> >     regards,
> >     John
> >     01367 820542
> > 
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> > 
> > -- 
> > El LaGrew
> > 
> > 
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