Try dpkg -i dhelp*.deb. It may require a few other things first. Looks like doc-linux-html needs the newer version of dhelp.
Alternatively: $ dpkg --remove dhelp $ apt-get dist-upgrade $ apt-get install dhelp If you're upgrading distribution level, you should use "dist-upgrade" rather than "upgrade" since it's supposed to be more intelligent about handling dependencies. On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 08:54:08PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > you're in a maze of twisted little twisted passages, all twisted. > > this is so cool--i can't purge doc-linux-html. can't install. > can't do nothin'. > > 0 packages upgraded, > 0 newly installed, > 0 to remove and > 110 not upgraded. (aka 'held back' according to apt-get) > > why the hell doc-linux-html should be a lynchpin module i'll never > know... that's where it dies, and i can't get past it: > > (i've edited a bit for readability: #### is the root prompt followed > by various futile comands, with newlines were inserted above each for > visual spacing...) > > > > #### apt-get upgrade > <<< > yada yada, most seems to go smoothly, but i do get tons-o-warnings > and errors including multiples of each of these: > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLw.so (No such file or > directory), skipping > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLwM.so (No such file or > directory), skipping > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > warning: ignoring unknown format `postscript' at > /usr/sbin/install-docs line 627, <IN> chunk 20. > a few thousand lines later, i get... > >>> > > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > #### dpkg --pending --configure > Setting up doc-linux-html (2000.03-1) ... > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > #### dpkg -i doc-linux-html > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--install): > cannot access archive: No such file or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > #### dpkg --purge doc-linux-html > (Reading database ... 32163 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing doc-linux-html ... > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--purge): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > #### dpkg --purge doc-linux-html > (Reading database ... 32163 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing doc-linux-html ... > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--purge): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > #### dpkg -i doc-linux-html > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--install): > cannot access archive: No such file or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > #### apt-get install doc-linux-html > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, doc-linux-html is already the newest version > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 110 not upgraded. > 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Setting up doc-linux-html (2000.03-1) ... > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > === > > > seems like all those repetetive messages about not finding > "libMesaGLw*.so" warrant a bit of looking-into. so i try > > #### dpkg -S libMesaGLw > dpkg: *libMesaGLw* not found. > > imagine my relief at learning that there actually IS no libMesaGLw > for the upgrade routine to not find. > > i am not going insane. i am THERE. i'm looking for a return ticket. > any travel agents out there? barring that, how 'bout a rope--either > with a lifesaver or noose on the end of it? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.
