topic title: Broken Package
Posts: 16
lobo
Joined: 17 Aug 2013
#1
OK. I tried installing dropbox for nautilus. For some reason it didn't finish. Now I can't get into Package Manager. I shut down Nautilus from a terminal ("nautilus -- quit"), but that didn't help. I also tried reistalling it from a term ("dpkg --configure -a"). I went to dpkg help in a term but it's all greek to me. I tried different things to no avail. I still get ("E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report."). How can i remove the package? Any help would be greatfull.
dolphin_oracle
Posts: 2,238
dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
you might try as root

apt-get install -f

this is a handy command for fixing partial installs, but may not help in your case.
Posts: 16
lobo
Joined: 17 Aug 2013
#3
tried but no go. It gets to 100% then just sits there.

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root@antiX1:/home/gary# apt-get install -f
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. 
root@antiX1:/home/gary# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up nautilus-dropbox (1.4.0-3) ...

Downloading Dropbox... 100% o share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to http://www.dropbox.com/

This is from an audit. How would I remove the package?

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root@antiX1:/home/gary# dpkg --audit
The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems
configuring them the first time.  The configuration should be retried using
dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
 nautilus-dropbox     Dropbox integration for Nautilus
Posts: 2,238
dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#4
do you know if the download ever completed?

you can try

apt-get remove nautilus-dropbox

It is possible the dropbox has changed the online location of the dropbox daemon and the nautilus-dropbox package has not been updated to accommodate it. Downloading the debian verison direct from dropbox should work if that's the case.


***edit*** I just tried this on a test install and there is definitely a change someplace. I recommend downloading the .deb from dropbox directly. You can then install with

dpkg -i packagename

The install will finish but dropbox will complain that we are not debian so it won't download and start the daemon.

However, run dropbox -start i

and the daemon will download and the dropbox account setup will start after its done.

Thanks for the heads up on this. Looks like I need a new howto video.
Posts: 16
lobo
Joined: 17 Aug 2013
#5
Thanks dolphin_oracle. That worked like a charm.

As for your videos, I've seen every one and found them very uselfull. Thanks for them.