Confusing message: You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
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apt (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: apt
I did an apt-get dist-upgrade today and got this
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
language-
openoffice.
openoffice.
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
The section "You might want to run 'apt-get -f install'" is misconstrued as the whole command for a newbie. I myself hit this a while back then added 'sudo' to the front and it worked. Is it possible to change this message to include sudo at the front and (package name) at the end so it is a little more informative for newbies?
The error could be confusing to people who don't understand apt-get very well.
But the proposed solution doesn't sound very useful either, especially since this is a dist-upgrade.