Problems after installing Ubuntu on chromebook

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So i have had an Acer X720 chromebook for a while. I love it. I installed ubuntu on it over a year ago, but the ChromeOS updates kind of botched it. So i wiped it and restored it to factory settings. (little did i know all i had to do was update the chroot)

I put it back in developer mode and installed crouton. everything seemed to work fine (using xfce). However, i have not been able to install anything or even update the chroot. TOTAL linux noob (i took a class, we used openSUSE, but was only half a semester, and was basic command line stuff)

I am at a loss. is there something i can do, or should i delete the chroot and just re-install crouton?

when i try to install something, i get these dependency errors. happened when i tried to install nitro browser, and chrome browser (although, i can actually use chrome. the icon is a wonky red x, but it opens). I can't even get the ubuntu software center. i get this....

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so... i thought maybe i should update the chroot, but i get this.....

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perhaps i did something wrong.....

any help would be great.

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Did you try running

sudo apt-get -f install

It should fix dependencies

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i just did that, seems to have let me install software center, but i swear i tried that before. i did get an error at the end, but i am in the software center trying to download chromium. currently at 10/50 MB. we will see what happens. ...

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ok, so NOW, i installed chromium. tried to install skype...... i get this.

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everything went well till the end... im at a loss.

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Maybe cleaning up the system with:

sudo apt-get autoremove

and again

sudo apt-get -f install

just to make sure everything is in order also xfce is at version 4.12 so you might look into that

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I would delete the Chroot, and reinstall a newer version. I believe 14.04 is officially supported.

So you'd run: 

sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -r trusty -t xfce - Not encrypted, runs XFCE

Or:

sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -r trusty -t xfce -e - Encrypted, runs XFCE

Of course you can replace XFCE with anything *except Unity*, as it won't run on 14.04 for some reason.
If you need a list of DEs you can do: 

Sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -t help
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ok. i will definitely do that then. good thing i know how to delete the chroot and re-install. the way i did it before was to reset the whole chromebook XD

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Oh good, I just now realised I forgot to include the Chroot delete command, XD

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i don't know it by heart, but i have looked it up before. i HONESTLY thought i was running the most up to date 14.04.... lol. linux noob. i need to learn a lot