Adept :“There was an error committing changes.......

[harecanada]

I got this message again and need a new fix as the old one didn't work as before.
Here is the error:

“There was an error committing changes. There was possibly a problem downloading some packages, or else the commit would break packages.”

This is the fix that worked before but not this time.
$ sudo bash
# wget -O folder_list.txt http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.p...6&d=1175696100
# cat folder_list.txt | xargs touch
# cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype
# for i in * ; do touch ${i}; done
# cd /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d
# for i in * ; do touch ${i}; done
# apt-get dist-upgrade

Can anyone help?
harecanada

[toad]

Re: Adept :“There was an error committing changes.......

Whenever there is a problem with installing or adept/synaptic crashed, your first port of call is this command on the command line:

sudo apt-get install -f

What does it say? Everything working again or do you get some error. If so, please post.

[harecanada]

Re: Adept :“There was an error committing changes.......

Hey Toad,
I tried "sudo apt-get install -f" before but it didn't lead to a solution. Then I tried something weird. I'm running Kubuntu Hardy and I use Adept but I also have Synaptic Package Manager(I think it is used in Ubuntu instead of Adept and vise versa) Anyway, I opened Synaptic and it gives me a similar error to Adept error and says to run " Fix Broken Packages " located in the "Edit" drop down window of Synaptic. I ran it and it handles the problem!! I don't see how it could do this but I don't have the problem with Adept anymore. I tried it twice just to make sure it was a stable fix and so far so good.
Thanks for the help .
harecanada

[harecanada]

Re: Adept :“There was an error committing changes.......

Also,Toad,
This all came about because I was trying to run Google Earth.
1)Are you running it?
2) how did you install it?
harecanada

[toad]

Re: Adept :“There was an error committing changes.......

GoogleEarth? Go to www.medibuntu.org, follow their instructions and use adept or synaptic to download it. Ask in case of any questions...