Reply
Thread Tools
gandt is offline gandt
2006-11-11 , 12:12
Posts: 3 | Thanked: 0 times | Joined on Feb 2006
#1
messed up application installer not sure how but i was playing around with the blue and red pills! Anyway it does not list any packages and wont install anythinh.

i dont have root but i do have xterm installed can anyone point me the the right file so that i can at least get it installing again?


gandt
 
ascherjim is offline ascherjim
2006-11-11 , 15:53
Posts: 450 | Thanked: 16 times | Joined on Mar 2006
#2
This is what worked for me, but it might not exactly fit your case. I deleted the redpll repository from the application catalog, and everything worked fine once again. Not only that, but all the packages that redpill contained were left behind, either as already installed or ready for installation. I don't understand it, but was ultaimately very pleased.
Last edited by ascherjim; 2006-11-11 at 15:54. Reason: Changed one word
 
wiredless's Avatar
wiredless is offline wiredless
2006-11-11 , 16:01
Posts: 96 | Thanked: 2 times | Joined on May 2006
#3
I have been there a few times myself. Reading the forums here i stumbled across these commands and thus far have fixed me up.

FIX BROKEN APPLICATION MANAGER run these commands from xterm as sudo
# cd /var/lib/dpkg/
# mv status status.broken
# cp status-old status

I use this method for becoming root. http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowDoiBecomeRoot2
 
gandt is offline gandt
2006-11-13 , 13:20
Posts: 3 | Thanked: 0 times | Joined on Feb 2006
#4
Sounds like I can get a fix if I can become root...


Graham
 
BanditRider is offline BanditRider
2006-11-13 , 21:50
Posts: 264 | Thanked: 28 times | Joined on May 2006
#5
You can become root the old fashioned way.
http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowDoiBecomeRoot
 
Peter The Plumber is offline Peter The Plumber
2007-02-04 , 02:38
Posts: 94 | Thanked: 7 times | Joined on Oct 2006 @ Metro Detroit Michigan USA
#6
Originally Posted by wiredless View Post
I have been there a few times myself. Reading the forums here i stumbled across these commands and thus far have fixed me up.

FIX BROKEN APPLICATION MANAGER run these commands from xterm as sudo
# cd /var/lib/dpkg/
# mv status status.broken
# cp status-old status

I use this method for becoming root. http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowDoiBecomeRoot2
Thank you for this tip. This is what ultimately fixed my broken application manager.
 
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 16:33.

Contact Us - Home - Archive - Top