[ SOLVED ] how to reinstall synaptic ? please

[noewalt]

Hi everybody

got synaptic involuntarily erased after last update and can no longer access repositories. Also apt-get command in a terminal (see below) would not solve the problem.
Where am I wrong?
Can somebody help?

Thank you for some feedback




[hal@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost hal]# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.
[root@localhost hal]# apt-get install synaptic
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package synaptic has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
of sources.list
E: Package synaptic has no installation candidate
[root@localhost hal]#

[OMSkates]

What happens when you try to start synaptic from your root prompt? Type

Code:

synaptic

[noewalt]

hal@localhost ~]$ synaptic
bash: synaptic: command not found
[hal@localhost ~]$
[hal@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost hal]# synaptic
bash: synaptic: command not found
[root@localhost hal]#

[cyrwyn]

Use apt to get aptupgrade and immediately run it. Reboot, and you should have new apt, rpm and synaptic. This was all over the forum a few weeks ago, but if you don't pay attention here you will run into problems.

[bicol_willem]

[hal@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost hal]# apt-get upgrade

apt-get upgrade should be apt-get update ..... (really)

[ElCuervo]

[hal@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost hal]# apt-get upgrade

apt-get upgrade should be apt-get update ..... (really)

And after that, apt-get dist-upgrade (really ).

Furthermore, if you can't get Synaptic to load, you may want to try apt-get install synaptic

[OMSkates]

[hal@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost hal]# apt-get upgrade

apt-get upgrade should be apt-get update ..... (really)

And after that, apt-get dist-upgrade (really ).

Furthermore, if you can't get Synaptic to load, you may want to try apt-get install synaptic

He had tried "apt-get install synaptic" and got

Code:

Package synaptic has no available version, but exists in the database.

[djohnston]

got synaptic involuntarily erased after last update and can no longer access repositories.

Involuntarily? I'm curious. How exactly did that happen?

[Sproggy]

got synaptic involuntarily erased after last update and can no longer access repositories.

Involuntarily? I'm curious. How exactly did that happen?

im on the same page here ... nothing is ever involuntary lol

[Neal ManBear]

To launch Synaptic --
su
/usr/sbin/synaptic

If that doesn't start it, use --
su
apt-get clean &&  apt-get autoclean
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

Now try
apt-get install synaptic

and try to launch it.

[Archie]

O-P, are you wearing a bear suit?

Seriously, I'm camping with Neal on this one.

[Old-Polack]

To launch Synaptic --
su
/usr/sbin/synaptic

If that doesn't start it, use --
su
apt-get clean &&  apt-get autoclean
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

Now try
apt-get install synaptic

and try to launch it.

OMG! All those people were wrong... the color does rub off... it's all over you, man! 

Seriously, having not gotten the apt-get update command done properly, the package lists were never updated. The rpm database would still show Synaptic as installed and the old package list would show no newer version to install as an upgrade, while the repo would no longer have the old version physically available, hence the error message, "Package synaptic has no available version, but exists in the database."

[Neal ManBear]

  The color was an afterthought.

[Old-Polack]

The color was an afterthought.

And opened the door to having community members painting all administrators with the same brush. 

[Neal ManBear]

The color was an afterthought.

And opened the door to having community members painting all administrators with the same brush. 

It won't stick.