Hi, I'm sure I sent this message to the list, but it hasn't shown as yet:
I tried to install perl5 from potato, but I couldn't (and now all the perl stuff is messed up). First, I tried to `dpkg -i perl-5.005_5.005.03-4.deb', but it requires perl-5.005-base_5.005.03-4.deb and conflicts with the previous perl version, so I went to purge the latest and install the former. Guess... `dpkg --purge perl' won't work, as many packages depend on it. I even gave dselect a try for uninstalling. Right now I have a fine mess with my installation: h0rus:~# dpkg -l perl* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ pi perl 5.004.04-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extracting and iU perl-5.005 5.005.03-4 Larry Wall's Practical Extracting and in perl-5.005-base <none> (no description available) un perl-5.005-debu <none> (no description available) un perl-5.005-doc <none> (no description available) un perl-5.005-suid <none> (no description available) iU perl-base 5.004.05-1 Fake package assuring that one of the un perl-curses <none> (no description available) pn perl-debug <none> (no description available) ii perl-suid 5.004.04-7 Runs setuid Perl scripts. ii perl-tk 800.011-1 Perl module providing the Tk graphics un perl5 <none> (no description available) un perl5-base <none> (no description available) ii perlmagick 1.34-3 A perl interface to the libMagick pn perlmenu <none> (no description available) pn perlmoo <none> (no description available) ii perlsgml 97.09.18-3 tools to build and analyze SGML And these are the packages I downloaded to install: libsgmls-perl_1.03ii-10.deb perl-5.005_5.005.03-4.deb perl-5.005-base_5.005.03-4.deb perl-base_5.004.05-1.deb perl-5.005-debug_5.005.03-4.deb perl-tk_800.015-1.deb perl-5.005-doc_5.005.03-4.deb perlmagick_4.28-4.deb perl-5.005-suid_5.005.03-4.deb perlsgml_97.09.18-3.deb How can I have Perl5 upgraded and sort out the current mess? TIA, -- Horacio Anno MMDCCLII ad Urbe condita mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Spain ~Spanje ~ Spanien -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = F4EE AE5E 2F01 0DB3 62F2 A9F4 AD31 7093 4233 7AE6
