On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:26:06PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: >> drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Nov 6 15:35 /usr/info/ > >OK, it may be a permission/ownership problem. Does the problem go away if >you try the dpkg line again after you've done > chmod 755 /usr/info > chmod 644 /usr/info/dir > chown root:root /usr/info/dir >? > [~]: dpkg -i util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb (Reading database ... 20068 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace util-linux 2.11h-1 (using util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb) ... install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! Operation not permitted dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! Operation not permitted dpkg: error processing util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb (--install): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! Operation not permitted dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb
Sorry. No joy. Patrick
