On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:40:06 -0500 sam rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried unsuccessfully to install many packages and programs -- from > math > programs to pine, sawfish and libc6.2. In most cases the problem is one in > which the 'make' closes with errors that list dependencies it could not find. > > Occasionally, and perhaps unrelated, the error message reads something like: > expecting "fil2" and could not find the file. I take this to mean that the > make > program was not satisfied with an earlier version. The dpkg -i and apt-get > install gives me similar problems. I am using Debian2.2r2 on a more-or-less > standard box (AMD 400Mz chip, only linux 2.2.20, etc.) > > What's the best remedy? > > Thanks, > > sam
Are you trying to upgrade to a higher version of stable, or move up to woody? What does your sources.list look like? -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | | | ! "Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary..." | ! Dr. Dean Edell ! +------------------------------------------------------------+
