Le 27 février 2014, Greg Madden a écrit : > On Wednesday 26 February 2014 08:47:42 you wrote: > > Dne st 26. února 2014 Marc Chénier napsal(a): > > > I lost my graphical desktop and now have only console access. This > > > happened because I could not update the tdebase package with adept > > > updater; there was always that one package left that could not be > > > updated (something broken). So I thought I could fix this by > > > removing the tdebase-trinity package from my system and then > > > reinstalling the package fresh. So I rebooted and went into > > > recovery mode to a root console and did that with apt-get remove, > > > which also removed 2 other packages: > > > > > > ksmserver-trinity and tdebase-runtime-data-common-trinity > > > > > > Then I tried to apt-get install tdebase-trinity (and the 2 other > > > packages) but could not do it because of an unmet dependencies > > > problem for tdebase. About 20 packages are listed that need version > > > pr82 and not version pr80 of tdebase. So I spent many long hours on > > > various forums looking up info and did everything in the book: > > > checked sources.list; did apt-get clean, autoclean, update, > > > upgrade, dist-upgrade; tried apt-get install -f and dpkg > > > --configure -a ; > > > > > > I also tried aptitude install which indicated it was going to > > > install 3 packages but then did not because of unmet dependencies > > > and gave me only one solution: keep the 3 packages at their current > > > version [not installed]. > > > > > > I then thought of looking up the package on the TDE nightly builds > > > website and noticed that superseded version 81 and published > > > version 82 were marked with a red X (build failures) for amd64 > > > systems. Is this relevant to my problem? Does that mean it will be > > > fixed and I just have to wait a while? If not, is there a solution > > > or a workaround so that I can get my faithful TDE desktop back? > > > > > > Thanks ahead for any help > > > > > > Marc > > > TDE 14 (nightly builds) on Ubuntu Precise installed from live > > > TDE-CD on an amd64 board > > > > Problem is that during building, packages common for all platforms > > are built only with i386. If for some reason delayed building other > > platforms repository is in an inconsistent state. As is the case now. > > > > In the case of the inconsistent repository is not a good idea to try > > to solve the broken update. It is preferable to hold the previous > > version and wait for new packages. > > > > Now you have three solutions: > > > > 1) Manually download packages from the repository for the older > > version and manually install them. > > > > https://quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/~trinity/+archive/trinity-nig > >htly-builds/+sourcepub/74269/+listing-archive-extra > > > > 2) On my builder I can build for you tdebase and somehow deliver to > > you. > > > > 3) The package you build yourself. > > > FYI, I have noticed the inconsistant state a few times, nightlies, amd64 > on Debian. The key is to not allow the package manager to remove > important packages, not sure if Adept allows for that level of user > involvement..I use the command line tools and watch for the > pesky 'Removes". Waiting is the answer..does not help in your case :-) PROBLEM SOLVED Thanks to Slávek, whose option #2 provided me with the packages I needed. I then just had to adjust with a missing path to a shared-object file and bingo, TDE was working again. Many thanks, Marc Yes, Greg, I will now do all my upgrades from the command line. But the problem was caused by my own destructive action!