280 broken packages.

[juanele]

Hello everyone, I am new to linux (ubuntu) and I really like it, but the same day I installed ubuntu in my vaio, it asked me to install the upgrades, and after i did it there is sign in my desktop saying

an error occurred, please run Package manager from the right click menu or apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong,
the error message was 'error BrokenCount >0 This usually means that you installed packages with unmet dependencies

So I did some research and use the package manager (it says that I have 280 broken packages) and try to fix broken packages but it did not work. I had to learn how to use the terminal and I did things like apt-get clean all or update upgrade etc but nothing works the message still there.

any suggestions?? any help???

[rokytnji]

When you boot, hold down the SHIFT key. This should bring up the grub2 menu.

If you are running legacy grub, hold down the ESC key.

The second menu item is the recovery menu. Select it and boot. Then you'll see some recovery options.

[elija]

Have you tried opening a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and running

sudo apt-get install -f

this will attempt to fix any broken dependencies

[juanele]

Hey thank you for replying I really appreciate your help. I tried both but nothing happened, It did not brought the grub2 menu.
I also run in the terminal sudo apt-get check and i tried to paste here what the terminal said but this page does not allow me to post URLs to oder sites untill i mde 15 post

[juanele]

I just tried to run apt-get install -f here is what happend

juan@juan-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for juan:
Reading package lists... Error!
W: Duplicate sources.list entry h t t p :// archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_b inary-i386_Packages)
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[rokytnji]

b inary-i386_Packages)

why is there a space between b and inary. That sure does not look right to me. I hafta boot into my Ubuntu box and see what my /etc/apt.sources.list says as I am in AntiX right now. Post you /etc/apt/sources.list. Your mistake might be a typo maybe.

[rokytnji]

Her is mine for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS as a reference

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid non-free
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free
# deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free #Skype

I have medibuntu repositories plus opera and virtual box repos also so ignore those if you don't have those installed yet.

Another edit: Forgot to mention I am running 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04 LTS also instead of i386 like you are.

[juanele]

I went to the recovery menu and click on repair broken packages but it did not work. again this is what the terminal says:

juan@juan-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get check
[sudo] password for juan:
Reading package lists... Error!
W: Duplicate sources.list entry ht tp://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_b inary-i386_Packages)
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
juan@juan-laptop:~$

[juanele]

in my terminal there is no space between the b and inari. the space is just in the post.

I tried to get my source list in the terminal here is what happened

juan@juan-laptop:~$ udo apt-get /etc/apt/sources.list
The program 'udo' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install udo
juan@juan-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install udo
Reading package lists... Error!
W: Duplicate sources.list entry ht tp://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_b inary-i386_Packages)
E: Read error - read (5: Input/output error)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
juan@juan-laptop:~$

when i paste the terminal message on this page i have to put a space in the http becouse i am a new user and i am not allowed to type URLs for now.

[juanele]

I have to admit i am lost!!!
thanks for helping me