Re: unable to install anything

[Curtis Vaughan]

On 02 Aug, 2004, at 13:59, Zachary Rizer wrote:
--- Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Whenever I try to install any package or update, I
get an error,
details of which are provided below.
This is just an example of the point at which an
upgrade terminates.
Preparing to replace base-files 3.0.16 (using
.../base-files_3.1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many
errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error
code (1)
Any ideas what's up and how to fix it?
Curtis Vaughan
WashTech (CWA Local 37083)
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It's exactly what it says it is: You're out of memory.
I don't think that's possible:
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2              37G   23G   12G  66% /
proc                     0     0     0   -  /proc
sysfs                    0     0     0   -  /sys
devpts                   0     0     0   -  /dev/pts
tmpfs                  59M     0   59M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hdb1              37G   23G   13G  66% /music
Curtis Vaughan
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