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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Many thanks Brian,<br>
<br>
This is v14.1 - which is still mainly based on Ubuntu repos, I
think (they seem to be gradually moving towards vanilla Debian)<br>
<br>
But it does have apt too. I've tried using apt to install a new
apt-get but that failed. I'll have another go when I've got time.
Purging may well be necessary first - the command seems to be part
of the "apt" collection too.<br>
<br>
But I need to do some more backing up before I do anything more
drastic.... ;-)<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
<br>
On 05/01/14 21:27, Brian A wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Afaik
the Ubuntu Software Centre uses apt-get. I would expect the
Mint one to be similar - though I know that the GUI interface
on Mint is different. Hence it will hang if, as you say,
apt-get is not working.</span>
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Sometimes it is best to uninstall packages and start again. In
this case you need to 'apt-get purge' to get rid of the
settings, as well as apt-get remove. If apt get has been
corrupted that I'm not sure what you can do to get it back.</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">While
I am typing this there are probably others doing the same. You
could see if 'aptitude' is there and try using that to do an
install, but I think that was left out of the Ubuntu repos so
it probably isn't in Mint either - but worth a try.</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">You
can also try 'dpkg PACKAGENAME' to reconfigure packages.</div>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">I
don't know how you do your installs but it is wise to put your
home folder on a separate partition. That way it is not much
bother at all to reinstall and you still have all your
settings. I tend to try stuff out on my working system instead
of using VirtualBox - occasionally I've trashed the system and
I just do a reinstall - it is hardly any trouble at all.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 5 January 2014 21:25, Brian A <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bradlug@techchico.org.uk" target="_blank">bradlug@techchico.org.uk</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">Afaik the Ubuntu Software Centre uses
apt-get. I would expect the Mint one to be similar -
though I know that the GUI interface on Mint is different.
Hence it will hang if, as you say, apt-get is not working.
<div>
Sometimes it is best to uninstall packages and start
again. In this case you need to 'apt-get purge' to get
rid of the settings, as well as apt-get remove. If apt
get has been corrupted that I'm not sure what you can do
to get it back.</div>
<div>While I am typing this there are probably others
doing the same. You could see if 'aptitude' is there and
try using that to do an install, but I think that was
left out of the Ubuntu repos so it probably isn't in
Mint either - but worth a try.</div>
<div>You can also try 'dpkg PACKAGENAME' to reconfigure
packages.</div>
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<div>I don't know how you do your installs but it is wise
to put your home folder on a separate partition. That
way it is not much bother at all to reinstall and you
still have all your settings. I tend to try stuff out on
my working system instead of using VirtualBox -
occasionally I've trashed the system and I just do a
reinstall - it is hardly any trouble at all.</div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<div>Brian</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 5 January 2014 21:10,
David Bolton <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:david@nucleon.co.uk"
target="_blank">david@nucleon.co.uk</a>></span>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi
Folks,<br>
<br>
Hoping that you will be able to point me in the
right direction ;-)<br>
<br>
I appear to have borked my Software Manager
utility in Mint (mintinstall.py)<br>
<br>
I was trying to uninstall GnuPG - and during the
process the program hung. After cancelling, and
restarting, it now always hangs when I select a
package in order to see details/reviews.<br>
<br>
I have tried reinstalling mintinstall by using
"sudo apt-get install mintinstall" - but I got the
message:<br>
<br>
> sudo: apt-get: command not found<br>
<br>
Then I just typed: "apt-get" and got the bizarre
message:<br>
<br>
> The program 'apt-get' is currently not
installed. You can install it by typing:<br>
> sudo apt-get install apt<br>
<br>
So I type: "sudo apt-get install apt" - and get
the message:<br>
<br>
> sudo: apt-get: command not found<br>
<br>
Searching my hard disc, I see that the apt-get
script is still there...<br>
<br>
Before I keep going in ever decreasing circles,
and disappear up my own backside, I'd like to know
if there is a way out of this without reinstalling
the complete OS from scratch.<br>
<br>
(ps. please don't just say "Mint? You don't want
to use that! You should use <insert fave
distro> instead! ;-)<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
David<br>
<br>
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