Ooops.

I'm not an apt-get user so I didn't know that you could not use an
argument with the --fix-missing option.  That would make sense now that
I'm considering it.  After all, you're not trying to fix a problem with
minicom.

Use:

apt-get --fix-missing


Mark LaPierre


paul@paul-desktop:~$ apt-get --fix-missing
apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu6 for i386 compiled on Apr 17 2009 04:25:29
Usage: apt-get [options] command
      apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
      apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
  update - Retrieve new lists of packages
  upgrade - Perform an upgrade
  install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
  remove - Remove packages
  autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
  purge - Remove packages and config files
  source - Download source archives
  build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
  dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
  dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
  clean - Erase downloaded archive files
  autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
  check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies

Options:
 -h  This help text.
 -q  Loggable output - no progress indicator
 -qq No output except for errors
 -d  Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
 -s  No-act. Perform ordering simulation
 -y  Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
 -f  Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
 -m  Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
 -u  Show a list of upgraded packages as well
 -b  Build the source package after fetching it
 -V  Show verbose version numbers
 -c=? Read this configuration file
 -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
                      This APT has Super Cow Powers.
paul@paul-desktop:~$

I tried install minicom

has missing packages/

Paul Lamar