On 25-Jun-97 joost witteveen wrote: >> Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: >> Installing files... >> (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/fl oat >> bg_1.0-6.deb (--install): >> files list file for package `mgetty-fax' contains empty filename >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/floatbg_1.0-6.deb >> Processing was halted because there were too many errors. >> DPKG ERROR >> >> I'm not even sure what file I need to edit. > >Neighter am I. But it may well help if you try to install floatbg >by hand: type > > dpkg -i debian/stable/binary-i386/x11/floatbg_1.0-6.deb
I've done that, which made me try installing it via dselect, I perfer to install by hand >(where you'll probably have to edit the true path to the binary). > >If that doesn't work, try to reinstall mgetty-fax, there appears >to be something wrong there too (preferalby using the above "manual" >method again). > >If eighter goes wrong, I'm sure we'll be able to help you better >when you give us the error messages produced then. But probably >all's well then Same error message when I try install "any" deb And I can't to find `mgetty-fax' on ftp.debian.org I tried the search engine but it keeps timing out but I think that I would get the same result as the above error msg reason being it happens when it starts reading the database.. Any and All Help is Very Welcome Peter -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
