[tde-users] Re: problems with apt & aptitude

On Monday 15 July 2024 14:51:55 Mike Bird via tde-users wrote: It's kinda long, especially if I include both, but here goes: #1 sudo dpkg -C The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured. They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure menu option in dselect for them to work: apt commandline package manager apt-file search for files within Debian packages (command-line int aptitude terminal-based package manager apvlv PDF viewer with Vim-like behaviour atril MATE document viewer audacious-dev:amd64 audacious development files clamav-daemon anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner daemon clamdscan anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner client cups-bsd Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands exim4-base support files for all Exim MTA (v4) packages firewall-config graphical configuration tool to change the firewall setti firewalld dynamically managed firewall with support for network zon fpart sort file trees and pack them into bags gir1.2-nm-1.0:amd64 GObject introspection data for the libnm library gufw graphical user interface for ufw iptables-netflow-dkms iptables target which generates netflows iptables-persistent boot-time loader for netfilter rules, iptables plugin libatrilview3 MATE document viewing library libaudclient-dev:amd64 audacious D-Bus remote control library (development files libavdevice58:amd64 FFmpeg library for handling input and output devices - ru libgtk2.0-dev:amd64 development files for the GTK library libmpv1:amd64 video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (client library) libqt5opengl5-dev:amd64 Qt 5 OpenGL library development files libqt6pdf6:amd64 Qt 6 PDF library mpv video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 ntpdate Network Time Protocol client (transitional package) ntpsec-ntpdate client for setting system time from NTP servers ntpsec-ntpdig ntpdig SNTP client pdns-recursor-dbgsym debug symbols for pdns-recursor python-librdf Python language bindings for the Redland RDF library python3-matplotlib Python based plotting system in a style similar to Matlab python3-mplcursors Interactive data selection cursors for Matplotlib python3-pil.imagetk:amd64 Python Imaging Library - ImageTk Module (Python3) python3-pyxattr:amd64 module for manipulating filesystem extended attributes (P qt6-image-formats-plugin-pdf:amd64 Qt 6 PDF image format plugin qtbase5-dev:amd64 Qt 5 base development files r-cran-pdftools GNU R text extraction, rendering and converting of PDF do soundconverter GNOME application to convert audio files into other forma squashfuse FUSE filesystem to mount squashfs archives synaptic Graphical package manager uefitool UEFI firmware image viewer and editor The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect: pdns-recursor PowerDNS Recursor #2 sudo dpkg -V libapt-pkg6.0:amd64 Okay, I just realized that I am perhaps installing something, rather than just verifying? There is no response at all, just an empty line. Bill