thanks, tried. found out the person I gave root to removed perl. I thought they had just removed a pakcage, or that I did... Tyler Littlefield phone: (888) 767-3893 website: tysplace.homelinux.net msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: re: aptitude > cross all ten of your toes and all ten of your fingers and try the command > as root: apt-get remove --purge package-name If it fails and you've > already installed aptitude then try: aptitude update aptitude dist-upgrade > and allow aptitude to fix what it will. Maybe this will get fixed. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup