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--- fix_package [2015/06/03 22:58] – created pavroo
+++ fix_package [2021/05/04 15:24] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ===== Fix broken packages =====
-Sometimes the package installation or upgrading process can be broken for some reasons.
+Sometimes package installating or upgrading process can be broken for some reasons.
 In cases like that **DO NOT** reboot your system, try to fix it before rebooting.
-If you already rebooted the system and you cannot log in back to your account, reboot it again and run the system in **Recovery Mode**. Try to fix broken packages avoiding problems after.
+If you already rebooted the system and you cannot log back in to your account, reboot it again and run the system in **Recovery Mode**.
-Fix broken packages via **dpkg** tool - it will install all downloaded already new packages:
+Every command has to be run with super user privileges **sudo**.
-   dpkg --reconfigure -a
+Fix broken packages via **dpkg** tool - it will install all already downloaded packages:
+   sudo dpkg --configure -a
 Sometimes broken packages need more (missing) dependencies, so **dpkg** can't solve that. Use **apt-get** to fix everything what is not properly configured yet and needs some new packages to be downloaded:
-   apt-get install -f
+   sudo apt-get update
+   sudo apt-get install -f
 If you just fixed some packages after broken upgrading process, run upgrade again, to make sure that there is nothing left to be upgraded/fixed again:
-   apt-get dist-upgrade
+   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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-<WRAP center box 38%>
+<WRAP center box 75%>
-[[remove_package|<--- Remove packages]]|[[clean_package|Clean up the system --->]]
+|[[remove_package|<--- Remove packages]]  |  [[clean_packages|Package clean up --->]]|
 </WRAP>

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