On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 12:58 +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
I'd get a pen and paper and each time it complains about a missing newline, note the PACKAGENAME and run echo >> /var/lib/dpkg/PACKAGENAME.list then rinse and repeat. Once apt actually runs, I'd reinstall all the packages you've noted.
Thanks for that very practical tip MJR. Thankfully Ubuntu is now up and running (although I have now encountered a new POP mail problem and a Printer Driver problem - see new topics).
I don't know what Ubuntu's current minimum and recommended specs are, especially with the lardballs of today's Gnome, OpenOffice.org and Mozilla, but I would have expected that PC to be quite OK for running Linux, if a little slowly sometimes.
The speed is good enough for our Family Historians to try out Gramps GeneWeb and LifeLines... maybe if they like these Linux apps enough, but get frustrated by the slow speed at which they run, they will authorise the purchase of a batch of nice new modern PCs for me to play with (Oooops! backspace, backspace delete "play with" insert "evaluate")...
Thank again MJR, Wayne, Peter, Memphi and everyone else who offered very useful responses to this thread to help me get my Linux box up and running!
Sagr.