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I have a problem with apt.

When I try to update or upgrade Ubuntu, I receive an error telling me that I have dependency problems, and I can't go on. I've tried to solve the problem with apt-get install -f, aptitude install -f, and using Synaptic, but I couldn't solve it.

When I try to run Synaptic, it tells me that I have broken packages, but if I try to delete them, it tells me that it will remove a lot of essential packages like mount and hostname. I think that it would be the end of my Ubuntu if I proceed.

David Edwards
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You could use synaptic package manager ( to get there via menue : system tools ---> system administration ).

Then log in with password. Then inside of synaptic make query for package which is broken. Remove it completely with right mouse-key and hook. Apply your choice.

When finish then make query again for same package-name. Install it with right mouse-key and hook. Apply your choice. Done.

(Sometimes it can happen that package-installation simply fails. Then it is somehow "broken".)

Hope this runs.

:)

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