If you don't have much data to backup you could reinatall the OS. I would download kubuntu from
kubuntu.org. I have found out that it is a cleaner install. I am sorry but I don't have a better
answer for you.
William
--- Keith Lelacheur <themercuryman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a relatively fresh ubuntu 6.10 install that has been modified with:
>
> "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop"
>
>
> The process seems to go as designed except now whenever I try to use
> apt-get, aptitude, or synaptic I get errors like the ones below:
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> kingmojo@loki:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> Setting up rdiff-backup (1.1.5-1) ...
> Compiling /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/LanguageSelector/LocaleInfo.py
> ...
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/LanguageSelector/LocaleInfo.py", line
> 58
> self._languagelist[localeenv[0]] = '%s thew[6]
> ^
> SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
>
> dpkg: error processing rdiff-backup (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of keep:
> keep depends on rdiff-backup; however:
> Package rdiff-backup is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing keep (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-desktop:
> kubuntu-desktop depends on keep; however:
> Package keep is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing kubuntu-desktop (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> rdiff-backup
> keep
> kubuntu-desktop
> kingmojo@loki:~$
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> I started to remove and reinstall rdiff-backup untill I realized it would
> have uninstalled the whole kubuntu-desktop.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
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