On 15 Aug 2001 13:06:09 +1000, Craig W wrote: > Hi, > > Real Newbie to Debian, wondering if anyone could help me to correct an issue > I am having with installing Snort. > > apt-get install snort > > Setting up snort (1.5.1-11) ... > Can't call method "template" on an undefined value at > /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Question.pm line 251, <GEN0> chunk 1. > dpkg: error processing snort (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29 > Errors were encountered while processing: > snort > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Sounds like a perl problem. What version of debian are you running and what version of perl are you running?