Guys, I think I've got the software installation problem pinned down. It's notSynaptic. Actually, Synaptic appears to be doing its job very well. It detected a broken package in GNOME, and was attempting to resolve that. I found the broken package using the "Broken" filter in Synaptic. It is named "fam". When I try to reinstall the package through Synatic, it promps me to insert CD 3 from the Debian Sarge CD set. After inserting the CD the computer attempts to install the package but fails. It presents me with this error message in the terminal:
E: Invalid archive signature E: Prior errors apply to /cdrom//pool/main/f/fam/fam_2.7.0-6_i386.deb dpkg-deb: '/cdrom//pool/main/f/fam/fam_2.7.0-6_i386.deb' is not a debian format archive dpkg: error processing /cdrom//pool/main/f/fam/fam_2.7.0-6_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 I'm not sure what all of that means, but I'm guessing there is a problem with that "fam" package on the CD. Perhaps the file is corrupted? I'm also guessing it is a file that is needed by GNOME. Can I fix this by downloading another copy of CD 3 of the Debian Sarge CD set? Or perhaps the package on the CD download is corrupted, and I need to download the "fam" package separately? If I did so, would I just use "apt-cdrom" to register the location of the package? Will this overwrite the previous location on CD 3, that is currently on the source list used by apt? Thanks for any help. Landon P.S. - My Debian box doesn't have an internet connection, so "apt-get" won't work on my machine.
