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[SOLVED] apt --fix-broken install failed !!
when you try

apt update

apt install

it failed you need >

apt --fix-broken install

but when failed again with package version mismatch ??

it write > package different version is presented installed cannot finish

so FIX :

go to >

/var/lib/dpkg/status

edit status file as text file and delete record with your problematic package

for example libjack0

in status file delete lines with this package

do again apt --fix-broken install

and another FIX >

when apt method failed your packages are downloaded in >

/var/cache/apt

transfer it somewhere and do

dpkg --install *.deb

install it manualy

find packages at pkgs.org
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Please, DON'T!

DO NOT download packages from pkgs.org; use your distro package manager for that, or your distro site about packages, just like "Debian packages"...

You can ALSO download a package with: apt download package_name

And use apt or even dpkg after it...

Please, DO NOT tell people to do wrong things that can brick their distro...
Last edited by [GNU] Debian ☭; 16 Jul @ 9:08am
Zyro 16 Jul @ 9:29am 
Please, DON'T!

Fix your sources.list instead.
Last edited by Zyro; 16 Jul @ 9:35am
tfk 16 Jul @ 9:35am 
Noooooo! No downloading from websites! Aaaargh! Your system will self destruct in 5 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 ... 1
Zyro 16 Jul @ 9:37am 
Originally posted by tfk:
Noooooo! No downloading from websites! Aaaargh! Your system will self destruct in 5 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 ... 1

There are situations in which downloading from websites is ok. Like work Appimages. But faking your own package list or downloading debs manually instead of fixing your sources it's the wrong way to handle the actual problem.
tfk 16 Jul @ 9:50am 
Originally posted by Zyro:
Originally posted by tfk:
Noooooo! No downloading from websites! Aaaargh! Your system will self destruct in 5 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 ... 1

There are situations in which downloading from websites is ok. Like work Appimages. But faking your own package list or downloading debs manually instead of fixing your sources it's the wrong way to handle the actual problem.

Only if you really trust the author.
Solved ???

You call the destruction of such an advanced mechanism as a package dependency system a repair ??

You killed your Linux, and the only fix is a complete reinstallation. :steamsad:
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