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Re: [linguasos] What's wrong with Synaptic?

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:42 AM, mvrieling <mvrieling@...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My confidence in Linux is hanging by a thread and only my drive to get
> rid of Windows is keeping it alive. What's wrong?
>
> Have tried several times for the past weeks to upgrade all packages
> (mark all upgrades via Synaptic and/or install KDE, but all I get is
> "Failed"...
> Some of the files do download, so my Internet connection is ok.
>
> Any solutions for this?
>
> Thanks so much in advance
>
>
> Marco
>
>

What distro are you using?
Did you run synaptic as root/sudo?
We need more information...

kthnxbye
tony

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Hi, My confidence in Linux is hanging by a thread and only my drive to get rid of Windows is keeping it alive. What's wrong? Have tried several times for the... 		mvrieling
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1:42 pm

... What distro are you using? Did you run synaptic as root/sudo? We need more information... kthnxbye tony -- http://www.BaldwinLinguas.com translation and...
baldwin linguas
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On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:47 AM, baldwin linguas ... Actually, I would suggest you open a terminal and do $ su Password: # apt-get update (stuff........) #...
baldwin linguas
tonytraductor
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1:49 pm

Hi, thanks for your quick answer My distro is 1.5.8-3pclos2007 And these are the error messages while trying to install KDE W: Failed to fetch ...
mvrieling
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2:03 pm

... Doh...like I had to ask... You're on the LinguasOS list. This does happen from time to time with the PCLos repos, especially the freebsd servers. I don't...
Anthony Baldwin
tonytraductor
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While launching via terminal, it downloads some packages, but in many cases the following message appears: Err http://ftp.nl.freebsd.org 2007 release Cannot...
mvrieling
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2:18 pm

... That's why I recommended removing the freebsd repos from the list. The ibiblio repos, really, should suffice, and, perhaps, the pclinuxos.com repos. Too...
Anthony Baldwin
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5:56 pm

Hi Anthony, I managed to update/upgrade all the necessary stuff with the terminal. I have also changed the options in Synaptic you recommended and everything...
mvrieling
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1:06 pm

... Ha! I knew it. I'm getting good at this stuff... I'm really learning a lot of this stuff as I go, to tell the truth. Glad that worked out. ... tony -- ...
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