Dammit, another Linux issue… I’m about to just ditch this Linux partition and go back to Windows (which, while buggier, I at least know how to fix).
When I try to run Ubuntu’s Software Update program, I get this error:
<H2>Software index is broken</H2><p>It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager “Synaptic” or run “sudo apt-get install -f” in a terminal to fix this issue at first."
When I try apt-get, I get this issue:
<FONT FACE=“terminal”>mrsaturn@mrsaturn-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Correcting dependencies… Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
samba
Recommended packages:
smbldap-tools
The following packages will be upgraded:
samba
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/2845kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages …
Selecting previously deselected package samba.
(Reading database … 123664 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace samba 3.0.22-1ubuntu3 (using …/samba_3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb) …
invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/K09samba
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 102
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead …
invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/K09samba
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/samba_3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb (–unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 102
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/samba_3.0.22-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
</FONT>
When I try Synaptic, I get this message:
You have 1 broken package on your system!
Use the “Broken” filter to locate it.
I’ve tried to do “complete removal” on Samba through Synaptic, but it didn’t do anything. Any ideas?