<div dir="ltr"><div>thanks Tony, it seemed /etc/vga can't be written in my case. I renamed it and circumvented the problem. I'll try your suggestion though.<br><br></div>Hai<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Tony Cratz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cratz@hematite.com" target="_blank">cratz@hematite.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 08/06/2013 05:21 PM, Hai Yi wrote:<br>
> thanks but nope, tried those 3 commands - it didn't work. The same error.<br>
> Will updating the source list help? BTW, my computer is 64bit.<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
</div> What I suggest is you first remove the package you were trying<br>
to install with:<br>
<br>
apt-get --purge remove package-name<br>
apt-get update; apt-get update<br>
<br>
Then try installing the package again. It is possible something<br>
else caused a problem.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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