Re: Out-Of-Sync Synaptic

[Travis Crook <travis@visionsbeyond.com>]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:50:13 -0800
Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:45:35AM -0700, Travis Crook
> <travis@visionsbeyond.com> was heard to say:
> > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:28:54 +0000
> > Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > Travis Crook wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > 	I've noticed that the list of installed software that
> > > > Synaptic tells me and what I actually can use on my box are not
> > > > the same.  For example, I can run Evince, but Synaptic tells me
> > > > that it is not installed.  I have done something to get them
> > > > out of sync. My guess is that it happened when I upgraded from
> > > > Etch to Lenny. Anyway, is there a way to get Synaptic to
> > > > "reread" all installed software?  If so, what is it?
> > > > 	I haven't had any luck using the almighty Google this
> > > > time.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Do apt and aptitude also show evince as not installed? ie
> > > 
> > > 	$ apt-cache show evince
> > 
> > Shows evince installed.
> > 
> > > 	$ aptitude show evince
> > 
> > Shows evince not installed.
> > > 
> 
>   That's bizarre, then: if apt thinks evince is installed, synaptic
> should think so as well.  Try updating your package lists in synaptic
> and see if that helps?  Not that it should, but it's the only thing I
> can think of at this point.

Okay, I'll give that a try and see if it helps.

> 
>   Daniel
> 
> 


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