On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote: > Any hints what the following error message mean? I am trying to install > ncurses-base. > > dpkg: error processing ncurses-base_1.9.9g-8.10.deb (--install): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > ncurses-base_1.9.9g-8.10.deb > > How can I correct the problem or even understand the problem.
How to understand the problem: ar x ncurses-base_1.9.9g-8.10.deb control.tar.gz tar xzvf control.tar.gz preinst and see why the script preinst does exit with an error status.
