i had a lot of install problems with apt-get on install i succeeded in the end by only installing a few base packages. (X and gnome and dial-up utils) and the using apt-get to fill in the gaps.
At 11:26 PM 8/24/2000 -0500, T. Tilton wrote: >Hello, > >I have tried to install potato 2.2 r0 from the official CD's >onto a completely new drive and am having problems with getting >the install to complete. > >I booted from the binary CD #1 and went through the setup to install >the distro on the new drive. Then after hours of wading through and >selecting all the additonal packages I wanted installed I started the >"Install" procedure from dselect's initial menu screen. Everything was >going fine for a little while but then quite a few packages failed to >completely install correctly. Each of these failed packages had this >text; > > >syntax error at /usr/sbin/install-info line 122, near ") unless" >syntax error at /usr/sbin/install-info line 326, near "unless" >Execution of /usr/sbin/install-info aborted due to compilation errors. > > >printed to the screen. I tried numerous things to get the packages >to install completely. (i.e. apt-get -f install, apt-get --fix-broken >dist-upgrade, dpkg -i <package> ...etc) none of this was successful. >The installation aborted each time with the same error. > >I tried running install-info with the --version arguement and it >failed producing the same 3 lines of error message. > >What is strange is I did an apt-get dist-upgrade on a >system with slink installed and the upgrade went flawlessly. > >I am stuck here. I have spent numerous hours trying to find what >is wrong but have come up empty handed. If anyone has any ideas >I would be grateful to hear from them. > >Thanks a lot. > >Tracy Tilton > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > WARNING - This email is confidential and may contain copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient of Capital Monitor's original e-mail, please notify me by return e-mail, delete your copy of the message, and accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Republication or re-dissemination, including posting to news groups or web pages, is strictly prohibited without the express prior consent of Capital Monitor Pty Ltd. ____________________________________________________________ John Griffiths Tel 02 6273 4899 Capital Monitor Pty Ltd Fax 02 6273 4905 Press Gallery Mobile: 0412 690 643 Parliament House e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canberra ACT 2600 http://www.capmon.com Australia ICQ No: 7933859
