[SOLVED] Ubuntu software center Problems!

[ZeRoShock]

Hello Linux forums Im having trouble with Ubuntu's software center. Everything i try to download gives me An unhandlable error occured.

on my laptop im running 10.10 Maverick with Kernel 2.6.35-27-generic.

the details are:


raceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 779, in simulate
return self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 958, in _simulate_helper
return depends, status, self._cache.required_download, \
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 218, in required_download
pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

Thanks

ZeRoShock

[Rubberman]

Well, something got munged in the python packages that the package manager uses. Are you trying to use the GUI version (Synaptic), or are you trying to install stuff from the command line?

[ZeRoShock]

I was using GUI, Applications > Ubuntu Software Center not System > Synpatic Package Manager. I can't use apt-get etiher.

[Rubberman]

Well, I don't know what to suggest here except perhaps to do a reinstall. I don't personally know enough about the internals of aptitude (the package that contains apt-get, and that the GUI tools use for updates and package management) to say how to go about fixing it. Sorry...

[devils casper]

Open Terminal and execute this

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update

Post exact error message here, if any.

[ZeRoShock]

im getting a:

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

when i sudo apt-get clean up, sudo apt-get update.

Think i might just reinstall linux.

Thanks for the help tho.

ZeRoShock

[devils casper]

Package Manager got corrupted somehow.
Execute this

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update

Above command will solve your problem.

[catmandu123]

Hi there,
Same problem. This all started with an attempt to install msttcorefonts on Ubuntu 10.10 (its the regular Microsoft fonts). Whatever the case, at the end of the install, I got dumped onto a EULA page and there was no way to accept it, so I closed the terminal... big mistake. So now I'm in the same position as the original poster.

Also, I tried what the last poster suggested and it didn't change anything.

[catmandu123]

Ah, problem solved, go into Synaptic, search for ttf-mscorefonts-installer (its the alternate name for the program), mark it for upgrade and hit apply, good to go after that. If you want to remove the package, you have to upgrade first, then you can remove.