severity 349695 normal tags 349695 +moreinfo thanks This one time, at band camp, Rob Ristroph said: > Hi, > I attempted to install the newer version of clamav with the > command "apt-get install clamav" on a system that > already had clamav on it. The clamav-daemon package had an > error, and could not complete installation. Then that failed > installation got "stuck" in my apt-get, so now I can't upgrade > or install anything else either. > > Here is the what happens when I currently run > "apt-get -f install" : > > Unpacking replacement clamav-daemon ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/clamav-daemon_0.88-2_i386.deb (--unpack): > unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/clamd' before
This is seriously odd. It does not come the clamav package itself, but from dpkg when trying to unpack the package. Operation not permitted means permission problems, but I wouldn't expect that unless you either had serious file system damage, had the immutable bit set on the file for some reason, you're running selinux enabled, or you've been rooted. > I'm kind of stuck here -- I don't want to remove clamav and then install > it "fresh", although I will try that, because then I will end up with no > clamav at all if the install of the latest version fails. > > In general, is there a way to cancel the installation of a partly > installed package, so that in the meantime I can install other stuff on > the computer ? I would suggest instead that you track down what is wrong with the machine first. Can you mv /usr/sbin/clamd to another directory? Do you have anything in the logs? Any other unusual things happening recently? Since this is not a problem in clamav itself, I am lowering the severity so the Release Managers don't have to track this on their lists of problems for sarge, pending investigation. If other packages install normally, everything else checks out fine, we can reraise the severity then. Good luck, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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