On 9/30/17, Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/30/17, Sven Hoexter <s...@timegate.de> wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 09:16:59AM +0200, Hans wrote: >> >>> maybe you need to add this entry in sources.list: >>> >>> deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian stretch contrib >> >> Or you just use the packages from stretch-backports? Those should be the >> best fit for now. >> https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ >> >> The original error message looked a bit like OP tried to use the >> packages from testing/unstable in stretch which actually worked for >> some time. > > > I've unfortunately lost track of my personal notes on this so I'm > winging it. There's this option: > > apt-get install --fix-missing > > You run it generically just like that. I'm encountering references to > something like "dpkg-reconfigure --all" and dpkg-reconfigure > [package-name]. > > "dpkg-reconfigure --all" that pops up in search engine inquiries > didn't work at all *for me*. Instead, it kept suggesting other > options. > > "dpkg-reconfigure [package-name]" appeared to function. Was tested on > a normally functioning package so there wasn't much to learn from that > beyond that it *appeared* to be the right command (because it didn't > complain and offer alternative flags). > > "dpkg-reconfigure --force [package-name] is rolling around out there, > too. Feels like I've tried that one, but it's a go at your own risk > kind of thing. In cases like this thread, I like the sound of that > "--force" flag. :) > > It feels like I'm missing one that I've even shared on this list, but > it's not coming to mind this morning *if* there is another one.
*heh!* While closing out this thread's tab in my browser, the word "broken" said let's try one more thing so I winged it again: apt-get install --fix-broken IT WORKS! I had checked "man dpkg" and "man dpkg-reconfigure" but never thought to check "man apt-get". You might find yet more possibilities by searching the output of "man apt-get", e.g. this one: apt-get install --ignore-missing I don't like that last one because it sounds like avoidance, sounds like it's leaving a problem lingering. BUT something like that might at least open the door to then fixing things as the NEXT step after that one... Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *
