On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 05:18:35 -0600
Richard Owlett <rowl...@access.net> wrote:
> On 11/29/24 12:30 PM, David Wright wrote:
> > On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> Running Debian 12.7 with MATE
> >> When launching Synaptic I get a message saying
> >> [ You have 1 broken package on your system!"
> >> Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ]
> >> Synaptic's Help isn't helpful :{
> >> It also reports packages to be updated.
> >>
> >> Also started to install gnumeric and it wanted to remove some
> >> files I associate with printer drivers and also ghostscript.
> >>
> >> To investigate I searched for it and Synaptic had a red filled box
> >> to the left of its name.
> >>
> >> I did a power off/on restart. Still the same.
> >>
> >> What should I do now?
> >> I suspect using apt &/or cousins would be more informative.\
> >> Never used them.
> >>
> >> Help please.
> >> [ learned >60 years ago - If you don't know what you're doin
> >> *DON'T*!!!]
> >
> > $ dpkg -l | grep -v '^ii '
> >
> > may give you an idea of which packages are broken.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > David.
> >
> >
>
> Its cryptic output referred to "ghostscript" for which Synaptic
> displayed a red check-box. I tried to remove it and then reinstall
> with synaptic which repeatedly complained when I tried to exit
> asking if it should discard marked changes. I choose Apply from menu.
> It responds:
>
> > W: Failed to
> > fetch
> > http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/g/ghostscript/libgs10_10.0.0%7edfsg-11%2bdeb12u5_amd64.deb
> > 404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.70.132 80]
> >
> >
> > W: Failed to
> > fetch
> > http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/g/ghostscript/libgs10-common_10.0.0%7edfsg-11%2bdeb12u5_all.deb
> > 404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.70.132 80]
> >
I don't know if it helps, but the current ghostscript on my Deb 12 is
version 12u6, not 12u5.
What happens when you try:
apt upgrade ghostscript
from a terminal? (as root/sudo, close Synaptic first, apt uses the same
database)
--
Joe
