This didn't helped but thanks I now get an error when trying to install speedpatch via xterm. /home/user # apt-get install --reinstall speedpatch Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package speedpatch is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package speedpatch has no installation candidate I think I got an empty leafpad file. Probably because I uninstalled speedpatch.