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scomic55 is offline scomic55
2010-03-11 , 12:04
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#1
Hey guys,

Ive been having a problem with the app manager on my N900 for the last few weeks and I would really appreciate some help.

The app manager has stopped showing available apps with the message (no applications available) and if I try to uninstall any app I get the message Unable to uninstall 'app'.

In the app log it says e:lists directory/var/libapt/lists/partial is missing, if that is any help.

Has anyone else had this problem and knows how to fix it?

Many thanks
 
zero2007 is offline zero2007
2010-03-11 , 12:34
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Have you been trying to free up some root space by any chance?

It happened to me after I tried to enter some script on a webpage I stumbled across.
Finally sorted it by reading the wiki page on freeing up root space,sorry I cant remember the exact page.

Here's a link to my post http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=46124

I folowed the link from andre klapper (it wasn't a lot of help) but I got there in the end.think it was more luck than anything.
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scomic55 is offline scomic55
2010-03-11 , 12:44
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Nope, I haven’t tried to do that. I never downloaded the command line program as I was worried I would break my phone somehow.

As far as I can tell, the app manager thing happened randomly
 
Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-03-11 , 12:55
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You can recreate the directory and see whether that helps:
Code:
sudo gainroot
mkdir -p /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
 
scomic55 is offline scomic55
2010-03-11 , 13:07
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#5
Could be worth a try.

What do I need to enter that line in to?
 
zero2007 is offline zero2007
2010-03-11 , 14:08
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You will need to install rootsh then enter the commands in x terminal.
 
scomic55 is offline scomic55
2010-03-11 , 14:28
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#7
Ok. Is there any way to install rootsh without the app manager?
 
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2010-03-11 , 14:35
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erm, yeah - you can goto the downloads section of this site on your n900 and click the install button (But... i think it loads up the app manager... worth a try)
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zero2007 is offline zero2007
2010-03-11 , 14:35
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Good point
Navigate to http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/rootsh/ on your n900
click the install button (top right of page)
 

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scomic55 is offline scomic55
2010-03-11 , 15:14
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Yeah, noobmonkey was right, it loads up in app manager and says that the application package was not found. Irritating.

Is there any other way to install it?
 

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