This is a double-barreled question. First up, I'm seeking a
virtual DOS environment that I could compile MASM source in.
At present I have to boot in/out of Windows to do this and
I'd really like to just stay in Linux...

Secondly, an series of problems with dselect has been
snowballing. I've tried with/without deb-conf but it
doesn't resolve anything. I'd really value comments
as to how to resolve this... 

#dpkg --configure --pending
Setting up debconf (0.2.19) ...
Can't locate lib.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 8.
dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up apache (1.3.9-10) ...
ERROR: apacheconfig could not be run. It may be the wrong
version, or perl may not be fully configured yet. When
fixed, run "dpkg --configure apache" or "apacheconfig".
Press Enter to continue:
dpkg: error processing apache (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of esound:
 esound depends on debconf; however:
  Package debconf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing esound (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome32:
 libgnome32 depends on esound; however:
  Package esound is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome32 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-bin:
 gnome-bin depends on libgnome32 (>= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package libgnome32 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnorbagtk0:
 libgnorbagtk0 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package gnome-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnorbagtk0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomeui32:
 libgnomeui32 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package gnome-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomeui32 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome-dev:
 libgnome-dev depends on libgnome32 (= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package libgnome32 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomesupport0:
 libgnomesupport0 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package gnome-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomesupport0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnorba-dev:
 libgnorba-dev depends on libgnome-dev (>= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package libgnome-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnorba-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtkxmhtml1:
 libgtkxmhtml1 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package gnome-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgtkxmhtml1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnorba27:
 libgnorba27 depends on gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package gnome-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnorba27 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libart-dev:
 libart-dev depends on libgnome-dev (>= 1.0.54-1); however:
  Package libgnome-dev is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libart-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 debconf
 apache
 esound
 libgnome32
 gnome-bin
 libgnorbagtk0
 libgnomeui32
 libgnome-dev
 libgnomesupport0
 libgnorba-dev
 libgtkxmhtml1
 libgnorba27
 libart-dev

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