Upon trying to install "Software modem" or the "SmartLink modem daemon", a proprietary driver, I get the error      SystemError: E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages." Is their anyway to fix this?
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After upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04 I am trying to install different packages.  For instance ia32-libs and skype (4.0).  When trying to install these, I am getting the 'Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages' error message.   Output of commands:  sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.   After running this:  sudo dpkg --configure -a foo@foo:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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--Edit-- (in case I need to see this again)  After a clean install this worked: Your device uses the driver b43 and proprietary firmware. The Broadcom STA driver which provides wl is not appropriate. Please get a temporary wired ethernet connection and do:  sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source   If it isn't installed, just proceed.  sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree sudo modprobe -r b43 &amp;&amp; sudo modprobe b43   You should be all set.  --  Thank you guys!!   Tried using the Additional Drivers gui and that didn't work. Tried using jockey-text --list  kmod:wl - Broadcom STA proprietary wireless driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) [auto-install]   Tried using jockey-text --enable=kmod:wl this was the response  Sorry, the installation of this driver failed. Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log   From the log file:  2013-02-09 00:49:57,904 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: enabled, b43legacy: enabled 2013-02-09 00:50:05,572 WARNING: modinfo for module wl failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module wl 2013-02-09 00:50:05,572 WARNING: /sys/module/wl/drivers does not exist, cannot rebind wl driver 2013-02-09 00:50:05,600 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: enabled, b43legacy: enabled    Now it looks and feels like I'm doing everything right and the similar searchs seemed to suggest doing what I've done, so what am I doing wrong and how does one enable this driver? second to last line of the log suggests the file or directory is missing, is there somewhere I can get a linux broadcom driver from to put in that directory? If it's missing why is it in the list?  Please help, while the graphics driver is only partially supported it has given me the right resolution, and everything runs without crashing (but the system information says it's an unknown graphics card, I can live with that) but without the wireless card working I have sit really close to the router thanks to a very short cable...  Hopefully I've given enough information, please send Linux.Ninjas to help.  --  OK, used.  lspci|grep Network    not sure if that would give differentt results but I got   01:00.0 Network Controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g (rev 01)    so then used   iwconfig    and got   lo no wireless extensions.  wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any  mode:managed access point not-associated tx-power=0 dbm  Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off power management:on   eth0 no wireless extensions   --  After @Chili555 advice I did   sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source   But got   E: dpkg was interupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.   When I do it runs ok, but then crashes and freezes. Halway through it says that it's fixing recurrent problems but needs rebooting, then gets to a line "End of trace" and thats where it halts.
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The computer gave me this output in a window:  E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.   How can I fix this?
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This question seems to have been asked  already. My IT department installed the OS so I don't know how to register it properly but I do have root access. Is there a way to get the same packages using the CentOS repositories maybe? I'd also like to install IceWM but without a compiler I can't even build it myself.
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I have several systems. Some are 16.04 mini-servers and I cannot update the OS yet. The others have been updated to Ubuntu 18.04. (The 18.04 version I used has Python 3.6.5 on it).
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I currently don't have internet access in the house which means I have to go the cafe after a fresh 11.04 install, can anyone provide a link where I can get a .deb package (amd64)  of ubuntu-restricted-extras for 11.04?
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Whenever I try to install anything with the Ubuntu Software Center, the following error appears.     Failed to download repository information      Check your Internet connection.      E:Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_multiverse_i18n_Index (1)
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When I try to install I get this error:  dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:  files list file for package `fonts-tlwg-kinnari' contains empty filename E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)   And the installation is aborted.  I'm using Ubuntu 14.04
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I am unable to install drivers. I used these instructions:  git clone https://github.com/smlinux/rtl8723de.git -b 4.11-up dkms add ./rtl8723de dkms install rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414 depmod -a reboot   But get this error:  $ sudo dkms install rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414  Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...  Building module: cleaning build area... 'make' all KVER=5.0.0-23-generic.....(bad exit status: 2) ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8723de: 5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414 not found Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.0.0-23-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de/5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111-1414/build/make.log for more information.   I will reinstall Kubuntu 18.04, can anyone please give me step by step instructions to install the driver?
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After I installed Ubuntu , I cannot update any software with the error message "failed to download package files". After having googled, I have tried:   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade changed to another sources   But I still got the same error message. And there is no problem with internet connection as i can connect to internet using Firefox in Ubuntu.  Any ideas?
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I found this page with some examples:   I'm wondering which one to use. Any suggestions? I'm using other packages too so whichever is less likely to interfere with them is better for me.
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I am unable to connect to the package repository server using MiKTeX due to a proxy error. How would I go about installing a package from a local repository? I am trying to install the package beamer. Where do I actually find the file to download?
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How do I fix broken packages when it is not working? When I try to fix broken packages, it tells me to "fix broken packages."
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I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 and by the way my wireless is not working. So, I'm trying to fix this problem manually. I have installed the 64 bit Ubuntu already. The problem is I cannot install any packages because when I do I get an error. For example if I run the command   sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb   I get this error:   dpkg: error processing wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb (--install: package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)    I also get this error if I try to install any other package. My system is a Dell 3421 which has an i5 processor so I don't know why Ubuntu think I have a i386 system. If I run the uname command I get these results:  uname -i  i686  uname -p i686  uname-m i686
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I am not sure what caused this error, but here is what the whole error says, and also this is sitting as a notification, and preventing me from updating any software using Update Manager - Please provide some assistance or tell me how to figure out what to do to fix it.  Could not calculate the upgrade  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: 'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'
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I can not install most of the software as not all of the software has a button to install. is this an error? or dependency problem if so how do i fix it?
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I tried re-installing  it but it simply keeps giving me this error in a little window. When I close it, an identical error pops up some 3 seconds later without any new provocation.