Broken JRE?

[Morph]

when i try this:
sudo aptitude install gcc
i've to answer with Y and than i get this:

Writing extended state information... Error!
E: I wasn't able to locate a file for the jre package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. (due to missing arch)
E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?

[askrieger]

Re: Broken JRE?

I suspect that that is a reference to a previous unsuccesful download and that your gcc package is properly installed. In order to verify this, you could try "dpkg --reconfigure -a" from a konsole. You could also try to install gcc again. If it is already installed, the installer should tell you that you have the latest version.

[Fenyx]

Re: Broken JRE?

isn't the command

dpkg --configure -a

?

Anyway once you have that fixed, you might want to install build-essential, instead of just gcc, since build-essential will install gcc along with other things that you need to compile.

[askrieger]

Re: Broken JRE?

You're absolutely right. I shouldn't try these things without looking at the man page. My apologies.