Thread: Failed to check for installed & available applications

hi,
im totally new ubuntu, , installed ubuntu 8.10 (dual boot windows vista) on laptop.
im having problem in opening songs or videos , downloading missing plug-ins java.
i'll error , don't know should do..

failed check installed , available applications
"this major failure of software management system. please check broken packages synaptic, check file permissions , correctness of file 'etc/apt/sources.list' , reload software information 'sudo apt-get update' , 'sudo apt-get install-f'."

thanks....

posted futhiap

hi,
im totally new ubuntu, , installed ubuntu 8.10 (dual boot windows vista) on laptop.
im having problem in opening songs or videos , downloading missing plug-ins java.
i'll error , don't know should do..

failed check installed , available applications
"this major failure of software management system. please check broken packages synaptic, check file permissions , correctness of file 'etc/apt/sources.list' , reload software information 'sudo apt-get update' , 'sudo apt-get install-f'."

thanks....

go system > administration > synaptic package manager , click edit > fix broken packages. see happens, if apply button becomes "active" can click on , see what's going installed.

while you're in synaptic let's check "sources.list" graphically. click on settings > repositories. pictures:

screenshot-software sources.png

screenshot-software sources-1.png

screenshot-software sources-2.png

next, after closing synaptic, you'll want go accessories > terminal , run following commands:

code:

sudo apt-get update

you may find there updates available or may errors we'll need know about.

code:

sudo apt-get -f install

this may show have packages need removed and/or installed resolve unmet dependencies.

since we're in terminal, unless have bunch of errors pop up, i'd install few things multi-media, first let's medibuntu repos:

code:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get -q update && sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get -q update

now we'll install helpful packages:

code:

sudo apt-get install totem-plugins-extra totem-xine ubuntu-restricted-extras mozilla-plugin-vlc  vlc-plugin-pulse libdvdcss2 w32codecs

be sure , restart firefox afterwards plug-in changes take effect.

let know how goes.

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