Just today I started getting the following errors when trying to install packages using apt-get or dpkg: -------------------------------------------- # apt-get install mcrypt Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libmcrypt4 libmhash2 The following NEW packages will be installed: libmcrypt4 libmhash2 mcrypt 0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/217kB of archives. After unpacking 803kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] rm: cannot remove directory `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci': Directory not empty dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libmcrypt4_2.5.5-1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess rm cleanup returned error exit status 1 rm: cannot remove directory `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci': Directory not empty dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libmhash2_0.8.16-1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess rm cleanup returned error exit status 1 rm: cannot remove directory `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci': Directory not empty dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mcrypt_2.6.3-1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess rm cleanup returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libmcrypt4_2.5.5-1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libmhash2_0.8.16-1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/mcrypt_2.6.3-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
-------------------------------------------- The problem, of course, is with the directory /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci. I've tried everything I know to remove this directory, including using debugfs, and I continually get this error message when using rm -rf tm.ci: rm: cannot remove directory `tmp.ci': Directory not empty The directory *is* empty, void of any files, even hidden files. The versions of dpkg and apt-get that I am using are: dpkg: 1.9.20 (i386) apt-get: apt 0.5.4 for linux i386 compiled on Aug 19 2001 01:02:26 Thanks in advance for any info. Sean -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
