Adept: There was an error commiting changes

[sjonnie48]

During an update I get the following message:

"There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages."

I cannot find any error message in the dpkg.log, and that makes this message a mysterious one.
It happens during all adept actions, install, remove and update

What does it mean? Has anyone else seen such a message?
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[Nomad]

Re: Adept: There was an error commiting changes

Usually, using Synaptic instead of Adept solves such problems.

$ sudo apt-get install synaptic

Then run Synaptic, click Reload, then Mark All Upgrades and Apply. I won't download the packages you already have in cache (downloded with Adept), only install them.

If you get a message about broken packages after pressing the Mark Upgrades button, first reinstall the broken packages (in Synaptic go Status => Broken on the left side of the screen). Then repeat the whole process.

[sjonnie48]

Re: Adept: There was an error commiting changes

Thank you. Your advice solved the problem.

[Kohhal]

Re: Adept: There was an error commiting changes

Thanks, was having a lot of trouble with Adept but Synaptic seems to work much better

[marshallbanana]

Re: Adept: There was an error commiting changes

That problem with adept is very easy to solve just run
sudo dpkg --configure -a
and it should stop appearing. That error message is weird because even when adept tells you that it still installs all the packages fine.

[Kohhal]

Re: Adept: There was an error commiting changes

It didn't seem to install the packages fine though, it's only since using synaptic that I've got sound and other issues resolved.