Synaptics broken

Question

I was trying to install vlc player and I installed it manually:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install vlc

The install messed up and gave me this error

E: The package libvlccore5 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.

Now every time I open synaptics package manager it gives me this error and closes. I can't install this package.

I checked the permissions and they are all OK.

What command did you run to install "manually"? Have you run sudo apt-get update? — terdon, Jan 05 '14 at 12:32
Pleae [edit] your question to add new information. Adding a link in the comments is easy to miss. Have you run sudo apt-get update? — terdon, Jan 05 '14 at 12:46
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc — wolv, Jan 05 '14 at 12:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 05 '14 at 13:58

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Your problem could be taskjuggler.

Open a console and type in the following:

Code:

sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status

Search through the file for any reference to taskjuggler and CAREFULLY delete all of that entry.

Save the file

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Your problem should now be solved, as Synaptic can no longer see this errant

Gratefully, this simple fix worked! (tip for newbies like me: use the search tool in gedit, as the data is lengthy)

I hope this helps someone. Enjoy!

edited Jan 05 '14 at 13:58

terdon

answered Jan 05 '14 at 13:11

nux

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