Half Installation?

1) Are you sing Ubuntu or some other distro?

2) What is happening now? What can you see?

3) If you are using Ubuntu and input the command: apt-get help
you will get a guide to apt-get including the extensions

4) From the guide you will appreciate the command :sudo apt-get install -f
this will attempt to repair any broken packages.

5) The application Synaptic also has the ability to fix broken packages.

6) Try that and repost back what is happening now

I've tried both. Still no go.
Every time I attempt to repair or remove files and apps, it stops on "open office email merge" and then locks my computer. There is no error message. I wish I could give you the code, but unfortunately, as I said, my computer locks every time it hits this line.

Repeat:
1) Are you using Ubuntu or some other distro?

2) What is happening now? What can you see?

Does the system boot at all?

Can you login in text mode?

Try removing Open Office...

Hi I know you are a novice to Linux but can you try this 'command line' trick, It may just be the quickest solution:

Open the terminal: Applications > Acessories > Terminal

type the following:

sudo dpkg -f install

With any luck, it will try and complete the installation of the packages that the computer 'died' on last time. This whole business of your computer 'dying' sounds pretty bad though - do you have a power issue? If not, then perhaps there is an underlying issue with your PC's hardware that you should be looking into, especially if you noticed similar behaviour when using Windows before using Linux.

Hope this helps,

Ali

I tried using that code. It stops everytime on Open Office Email Merge. Whether im trying to install it or totally remove it. Is there any way i could install things individualy to avoid the program even trying to access Email Merge? It seems it always starts with trying to fix that one program in particular.

My computers battery is just bad. as long as the computer is plugged in, it's fine. I generally keep it stationary, so it's fine.

By the way, I'm running the most recent version of Ubuntu Studio

Eveything thing works perfectly unless I try to install/uninstall. Then everything locks up, as i said, on the "Email Merge" line. I have no problems otherwise.