Originally Posted by bandora

Btw baronkatz make sure you install rootme.. So you can have easy root access..

And then try to do:

Code:

sudo gainroot
apt-get install <name of app>

See what it tells you on terminal about the app.. Like for example if you can't install the Contact Merger, it will tell you why it doesn't install it in terminal.

EDIT: So for you it would be something like this

Code:

sudo gainroot
apt-get install merge-contacts