Installing aptitude on an Ultra 2

MattyShack wrote:

See if this helps to clear and reset installed deb packages, then downgrade apt. Matt ########################################## ### Update Sources.list ### mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list ########################################## sudo sh -c "cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list" <<EOF deb http://www.readynas.com/packages 4.2.21/ deb http://www.readynas.com/packages 4.2.22/ deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch main EOF ########################################## gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key E9C74FEEA2098A6E && gpg -a --export E9C74FEEA2098A6E | sudo apt-key add - gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 54422A4B98AB5139 && gpg -a --export 54422A4B98AB5139 | sudo apt-key add - gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key AED4B06F473041FA && gpg -a --export AED4B06F473041FA | sudo apt-key add - # Setup Root Directory Storage Area mkdir /root/src mkdir /root/system cp /etc/apt/sources.list* /root/system ### Refresh Packages from the APT repository ~ may help remove BADSIG messages ### # Clear the APT Repositories sudo killall apt apt-get aptitude sudo -s -H apt-get clean rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* chmod 755 /var/lib/apt/lists mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial chmod 755 /var/lib/apt/lists/partial rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives mkdir -p /var/cache/apt/archives/partial apt-get clean # Replace File Locks rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/lock sudo touch /var/lib/dpkg/lock sudo chmod 640 /var/lib/dpkg/lock rm -rf /var/lock/aptitude sudo touch /var/lock/aptitude sudo chmod 640 /var/lock/aptitude rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/lock sudo touch /var/lib/apt/lists/lock sudo chmod 640 /var/lib/apt/lists/lock rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/lock sudo touch /var/cache/apt/archives/lock sudo chmod 640 /var/cache/apt/archives/lock # Fresh download of Repository Packages apt-get update && apt-get upgrade # Say 'Y'es to any recommended Fixes. It is OK if either apt-get or dpkg will be upgraded/downgraded # But, make sure neither apt-get nor dpkg will be removed. If so the aBORT changes. apt-get -f install apt-get update # packages needed after a clean install apt-get install nano curl ## Note: You may need to downgrade apt-get to apt_0.6.46.4-0.1+etch1_i386.deb for the correct versions of deb files. # Raidiator 4.2.21 upgrades apt-get to apt_0.7.20.2+lenny2_i386.deb. This may cause conflicts. # Display apt-get Version apt-get -v # Force apt-get and dpkg Downgrade apt-get --reinstall install apt=0.6.46.4-0.1+etch1 dpkg=1.13.26 dpkg-dev=1.13.26 # I use aptitude most of the time. It does a better job at resolving conflicts. apt-get install aptitude #######################################################################################