synaptic won't install

[alex99]

I'm using the latest Ubuntu Mint and Synaptic downloads but refuses to install. I tried sudo apt-get install and the package downloads but then I get a segmentation fault. Update manager and Ubuntu software center both freeze up.

I've tried dpkg --configure apt-get update and apt-get -f install all to no avail. This is my second installation of Mint 64 bit. I read on the Lynx 10.04 LTS pages that ext4 can be problematic for download problems and they actually recommend ext3.So I re-formatted to ext3 and there is no difference. So now what? I'm not installing it again. There is not a single version of Ubu that can stand up to PCLinuxOS 2010 Gnome. I never have any of this grief with PCLOS.

[hatebreed]

I can't comment on the 64 bit version, but i'm running linux mint 8 32 bit and havn't had any issues with it. I also have ubuntu 9.1 and 10.04 32 bit and havn't had any issues with these either. have you ran the apt-get clean command yet? this may help.

[alex99]

Yes I ran the apt-get clean command amongst others, still no cigar. I might try the 32 bit but if it freezes again I'm junking it and moving on. Thanks.

Opensuse is slowly calling me away from the Ubunt debacle.

[hatebreed]

no problem. I've used opensuse 11.2 32 bit also but not 64 bit. I've heard of alot of people having issues with 64 bit, especially with drivers. I would stick with 32 bit versions unless you have more than 4 gig of ram, otherwise I really don't see the point in doing this. The speed increase is non existant from what i've seen, so the only reason to have it is for the memmory access.