Re: Can't fix broken packages. Uninstalled packages require many removals to reinstall

On 31 March 2016 at 06:00, Gabriel Almeida <galmeida28@gmail.com> wrote:

I've read somewhere to do a "apt-get install -f" to fix things. I don't know if it was that or the HP installer, but many things were removed from my machine.

when I try to install something from synaptic, it says
"you have held broken packages"
but "apt-mark showhold" and "dpkg --get-selections | grep hold"
don't show any result.

I've tried then to reinstall each of them using aptitude.
Starting with brasero, I got:

When I accept this, I get a lot of logs(ending with "Current status: 1360 updates [-1].") but nothing happpens. Brasero is not installed.

See what happens if you do not accept aptitutude's suggestion.

When try to install libhogweed2 2.7.1-5 in synapic it says that to install
it I must remove a very large amount of things, including icewasel (my main browser)

Can anyone help me?

If it was my computer, I would first remove the HP-installer that started the problem and first try to get a normal working system.

It looks if you are possibly using a gnome-desktop-environment. If so try:

$ sudo aptitude install task-gnome-desktop.

If you use a different one, try the related task-<your desktop environment>-desktop

Aptitude should then show you all that is necessary to restore a working desktop environment.

I do not use synaptic so I cannot help you with that.

Regards

Johann

Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,
my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)