Tag: dpkg

How to delete broken packages in ubuntu

run this command to remove broken packages in ubuntu.

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq package_name

after removing package update your system with command

sudo apt-get update

Ubuntu fix broken package (best solution)

After trying

sudo apt-get update –fix-missing

and

sudo dpkg –configure -a

and

sudo apt-get install -f

the problem of a broken package still exists the solution is to edit the dpkg status file manually.

  1. $ sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status    (you can use vim or gedit instead of nano)
  2. Locate the corrupt package, and remove the whole block of information about it and save the file.

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Unlock the dpkg – (message /var/lib/dpkg/lock)

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock

sudo dpkg –configure -a

 

For 12.04 and newer:

You can delete the lock file with the following command:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

You may also need to delete the lock file in the cache directory

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (–configure): dependency problems – leaving unconfigured

I had this issue just now. What I did was purge the errant package using dpkg in my case then update and force the reinstall:

sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-3.13.0-35-generic
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install

list all packages from a repository in ubuntu / debian

Simple:

grep ^Package: /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_*_Packages

Or more flexible:

grep-dctrl -sPackage . /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_*_Packages

For fancier querying, use apt-cache policy and aptitude as described here:

aptitude search '~O LP-PPA-gstreamer-developers'