Reinstalling/Deleting an Incompletely Installed Version of Zoom
Short Version:
Since installing Zoom by the official means failed due to an unexpected, likely RAM-related shutdown, I installed it via “sudo flatpak install us.zoom.Zoom”. However, the system still acts as if Zoom needs to be reinstalled, and no matter what I do, won’t update/upgrade other programs in System Manager or the terminal with the upgrade command because it cannot find the archive for Zoom. I want to know how I can get rid of the blockage to updates the incompletely-installed Zoom represents, whether by connecting it to an archive, deleting it, purging it, or finding a way to make the system ignore it and upgrade/update all other software.
I have Timeshift snapshots, but Timeshift is not working properly, so if there’s a risk purging the Zoom files might cause major issues on my computer as a whole, I should avoid it.
System/Device Information:
Laptop, Linux MATE, Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 (I can give more information, if needed.)
My methods to solve the problem are below.
Long Version:
Installing Zoom by the official means was unsuccessful, since my computer shut down midway through, most likely because I had too many tabs or documents using up its RAM. Afterward, I was unable to complete the process or reinstall Zoom by this means. Attempts to update/upgrade the Zoom package failed, because my operating system cannot find the package for it. I was able to install Zoom by an alternate means of the “sudo flatpak install us.zoom.Zoom” command. However, even though Zoom has been installed (and I even used it without issue since), the original incompletely-downloaded package still remains, and I can’t get my computer to ignore trying to update/upgrade it.
Following official instructions of the Zoom website did not work:
sudo apt remove zoom
[sudo] password for [user]
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for [user]:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: The package zoom needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
Short Version:
Since installing Zoom by the official means failed due to an unexpected, likely RAM-related shutdown, I installed it via “sudo flatpak install us.zoom.Zoom”. However, the system still acts as if Zoom needs to be reinstalled, and no matter what I do, won’t update/upgrade other programs in System Manager or the terminal with the upgrade command because it cannot find the archive for Zoom. I want to know how I can get rid of the blockage to updates the incompletely-installed Zoom represents, whether by connecting it to an archive, deleting it, purging it, or finding a way to make the system ignore it and upgrade/update all other software.
I have Timeshift snapshots, but Timeshift is not working properly, so if there’s a risk purging the Zoom files might cause major issues on my computer as a whole, I should avoid it.
System Details:
Kernel: 6.8.0-124-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: MATE v: 1.26.2 wm: marco v: 1.26.2 with: mate-panel tools: mate-screensaver vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
My methods to solve the problem are below.
Long Version:
Installing Zoom by the official means was unsuccessful, since my computer shut down midway through, most likely because I had too many tabs or documents using up its RAM. Afterward, I was unable to complete the process or reinstall Zoom by this means. Attempts to update/upgrade the Zoom package failed, because my operating system cannot find the package for it. I was able to install Zoom by an alternate means of the “sudo flatpak install us.zoom.Zoom” command. However, even though Zoom has been installed (and I even used it without issue since), the original incompletely-downloaded package still remains, and I can’t get my computer to ignore trying to update/upgrade it.
Following official instructions of the Zoom website did not work:
sudo apt remove zoom
[sudo] password for [user]
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for [user]:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: The package zoom needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
$ sudo apt-get --fix-broken install
[sudo] password for [user]:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: The package zoom needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.~$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: The package zoom needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.