The following hints were taken from
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/aptitude
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Paketverwaltung/Problembehebung
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/apt/apt-get
The installation was interupted unpredictable:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
(Enter, Password Enter)
“Broken” packages are reported, repare:
sudo apt-get install -f
(Enter, Password Enter)
Update without upgrading to a new ubuntu release
sudo apt-get install dist-upgrade
(Enter, Password Enter)
Repare “broken” packages or to delete the cache of the program list:
sudo apt-get clean
(Enter, Password Enter)
To reload the program list again
sudo aptitude -f install
(Enter, Password Enter)
Package administration is not usable anymore
Should the package administration become unusable during an upgrade or dist-upgrade you can use:
sudo aptitude -f install
(Enter, Password Enter)
After an update of the existing installation:
sudo aptitude safe-upgrade -f
(Enter, Password Enter)
After running a version upgrade to a new ubuntu version:
sudo aptitude full-upgrade -f
(Enter, Password Enter)
After these statements you should always run
sudo dpkg --configure -a
(Enter, Password Enter)
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