Cannot install software

[paul1149]

Hi folks,


I've run up against a problem in LL 3.0 x64. I went to install the latest version of Bleachbit, and the installer told me there is an older version in the repository. I Closed that message, but the installer would not go on, saying another installer was already running. This happened even upon a fresh boot with nothing else done in the session.


So I opened up Synaptic and it told me there was an error, and to run dpkg --configure -a . It ran, but with errors. I then opened Synaptic and it said there were broken packages that had to be remedied. Turns out the broken package was linux-generic 4.4.0.36.38, which sounds pretty important to me.


I attempted to reinstall the package, but got Internal error. No file name for linux-generic:amd64. A retrybrought the same error.


I don't know if the Bleachbit install error is tied to this other one, but I suspect so. Is there a solution to this?


Thank you.

[torreydale]

Part of me wants to say the answer is to use Lite Tweaks (Menu > System > Lite Tweaks) instead of Bleachbit, and the other part of me says to never kick a man when he's down.  So I'd be curious to see what happens if you ran the following in a terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-generic

and/or if in Synaptic Package Manager you selected Reload, Mark all Upgrades, and Apply to view what was available for install before installing it.

[paul1149]

Awesome. I was unaware of that "Mark all upgrades" function. It worked beautifully, and then Bleachbit installed without any problem.

Thanks much!

[demiurge]

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