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    #1

    Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

    All - For some reason (through the unknown) I uninstalled Openoffice 3.0. Since then I cannot install anything. The messages I get when I try and install any app using Adept is:

    Download failed.
    The list of errors is attached. The recovery for this case is currently not implemented. If you see 404 errors, it might be useful to try fetching package lists (see the Sources tab) and retrying the operation.

    The error was:
    APT Error. Context:
    Package download failed,
    GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783,
    Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.,
    : ,

    I am running Kubuntu 8.10 64 Bit Edition.

    Any and all help is much appreciated!!!!!!
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    #2
    Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

    At times, the medibuntu repository site is "off line." But, to ensure that you have the correct repository and GPG key for medibuntu:

    For Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex":
    Code:
    sudo wget [url]http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list[/url] -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
    Then, add the GPG Key:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update
    If you get no errors with the above, you should be good to go. It might also be useful if you post your /etc/apt/sources.list file for a review.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      #3
      Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

      Thanks I will try that. Here is my sources.list file...

      louh@louh-laptop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
      # deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081029.1)]/ intrepid main restricted
      # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
      # newer versions of the distribution.

      deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
      deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

      ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
      ## distribution.
      deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
      deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

      ## 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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
      deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
      deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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.
      # deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
      # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

      ## 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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security main restricted
      deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
      deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security universe
      deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security multiverse
      deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main
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        #4
        Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

        It looked good. But I tried and this is now what I am getting. thanks for the assistance!!!

        Download failed.
        The list of errors is attached. The recovery for this case is currently not implemented. If you see 404 errors, it might be useful to try fetching package lists (see the Sources tab) and retrying the operation.

        The error was:
        APT Error. Context:
        Package download failed,
        Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.,
        : ,
        : ,
        : ,
        : ,
        : ,
        :
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          #5
          Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

          You have an invalid entry in your file - the last line:
          deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main
          hardy needs to be replaced with intrepid

          Edit the file as root. Make the change, save, and then in a console, run:
          Code:
          sudo apt-get update
          to refresh the package cache.
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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            #6
            Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

            I hate to be a pain, still getting:

            Download failed.
            The list of errors is attached. The recovery for this case is currently not implemented. If you see 404 errors, it might be useful to try fetching package lists (see the Sources tab) and retrying the operation.

            The error was:
            APT Error. Context:
            Package download failed,
            Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.,
            : ,
            : ,
            : ,
            : ,

            This is what the sources.list looks like now:

            louh@louh-laptop:~$ sudo cat /etc/apt/sources.list
            # deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081029.1)]/ intrepid main restricted
            # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
            # newer versions of the distribution.

            deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
            deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

            ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
            ## distribution.
            deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
            deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

            ## 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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
            deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
            deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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.
            # deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
            # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

            ## 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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security main restricted
            deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
            deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security universe
            deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security multiverse
            deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main


            I am running Kubuntu, does that matter? Sorry, newbie!
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              #7
              Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

              Open a console and type:
              Code:
              sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
              What is reported then?
              Windows no longer obstructs my view.
              Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
              "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                #8
                Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

                Same thing....

                Download failed.
                The list of errors is attached. The recovery for this case is currently not implemented. If you see 404 errors, it might be useful to try fetching package lists (see the Sources tab) and retrying the operation.

                The error was:
                APT Error. Context:
                Package download failed,
                Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.,
                : ,
                : ,
                : ,
                : ,
                : ,
                :
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                  #9
                  Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

                  To fix Adept errors:
                  Open a console and type:
                  Code:
                  sudo dpkg --configure -a
                  should fix it, else continue with
                  Code:
                  sudo apt-get clean
                  Code:
                  sudo apt-get update
                  Code:
                  sudo apt-get install
                  And the output after this?
                  Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                  Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                  "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                    #10
                    Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

                    Grrrrr

                    louh@louh-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
                    dpkg: status database area is locked by another process
                    louh@louh-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
                    louh@louh-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
                    louh@louh-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get clean
                    louh@louh-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
                    Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release.gpg
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
                    Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release.gpg
                    Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/free Translation-en_CA
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_CA
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_CA
                    Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Translation-en_CA
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_CA
                    Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release [27.6kB]
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_CA
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
                    Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/non-free Translation-en_CA
                    Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid Release
                    Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
                    Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/free Packages
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_CA
                    Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
                    Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org intrepid/non-free Packages
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_CA
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_CA
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_CA
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_CA
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_CA
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_CA
                    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_CA
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
                    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
                    Fetched 1B in 1s (1B/s)
                    Reading package lists... Done
                    louh@louh-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install
                    Reading package lists... Done
                    Building dependency tree
                    Reading state information... Done
                    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
                    louh@louh-laptop:~$

                    and from Adept

                    Download failed.
                    The list of errors is attached. The recovery for this case is currently not implemented. If you see 404 errors, it might be useful to try fetching package lists (see the Sources tab) and retrying the operation.

                    The error was:
                    APT Error. Context:
                    Package download failed,
                    Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.,
                    : ,
                    : ,
                    : ,
                    : ,
                    : ,
                    :
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                      #11
                      Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

                      I added this:

                      deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu hardy main
                      deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu hardy main

                      Changed hardy to intrepid and openoffice 3.0 is installing. I will try something else when this is finished.

                      Thanks!
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                        #12
                        Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

                        louh@louh-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
                        dpkg: status database area is locked by another process
                        Adept Manager (or any other package manager) can not be running when issuing these commands. If you are sure none are, then open a console and type:
                        Code:
                        sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/lock
                        and then rerun the commands.
                        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                          #13
                          Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

                          IT WORKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are the man, thanks for the help!! I have been pulling my hair out!!!!!!!!!!
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                            #14
                            Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

                            Happy to have been able to assist. Please return to your initial post in this thread and click the modify button and add SOLVED to the subject line.
                            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                              #15
                              Re: Someone please HELP!!!! Software Installation Issues

                              I am having this same problem, it started after an upgrade of OO3 (already was running OO3 without problems but there was an update the other night that started a bunch of problems. I have tried all the commands, even going back to a virgin /etc/apt/sources.list but I still get the "you have held broken packages" error.
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