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Removing mintupdate-debian disables sources GUI [SOLVED]
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:59 am
by Brian49
I thought I would remove the package mintupdate-debian, since I never use it. Synaptic gives no warning of dependencies. However, after removing it, the software sources GUI (software-properties-gtk) will not run. This looks like a glitch - can anyone shed any light on it, please? Many thanks.
Re: Removing mintupdate-debian disables sources GUI
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:08 am
by Gerd50
It seems like your etc/lsb-release file is corrupt. For LMDE it should look like this:
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DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=debian
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint Debian Edition"
If it don't work try it with a Debian entry.
Testing:
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DISTRIB_ID=Debian
DISTRIB_RELEASE=testing
DISTRIB_CODENAME=wheezy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux testing (wheezy)"
Sid:
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DISTRIB_ID=Debian
DISTRIB_RELEASE=unstable
DISTRIB_CODENAME=sid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)"
Re: Removing mintupdate-debian disables sources GUI
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:43 am
by Brian49
Thanks very much for responding. Changing to the Sid entries did the trick.