how to view broken packages in debian GNU/linux lenny graphically ?

Most of the time, we find a package to be interesting or useful and install it right away. The installed package might be used once or twice only. The issue of depencies arises if you mix stable with other branches, and the uninstalled packages might create broken packages.

To view the broken packages, follow the steps given below :

Step 1 : Check whether you have installed synaptic package on your system :

$ aptitude show synaptic

If the package is already installed, it will show state as installed as shown in the image below. If the package is not installed, it will show state as no : state:no.

Step 2 : If synaptic is already installed, skip Step 1 and Open synaptic package manager from System Tools. It requires administrator password to open and use synaptic.

Step 3 : Click Custom Filters and select Broken as shown in the image below. After selecting Broken you can view the broken packages list. If there are no packages listed, that means your system free from broken packages.

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