On Saturday 28 October 2006 15:45, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 02:51:25PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > Another problem has emerged since my upgrade. When I try to run gaim, > > I get the following message and the thing dies: > > > > gaim: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: > > undefined symbol: cairo_scaled_font_get_font_options > > > > i removed gaim and reinstalled it, with no results. I then tried > > removing gaim from my system and everything on my system with the word > > 'gaim' in it, then reinstalling. This got me weird messages from the > > installer: > > Hi Tom, > The Debian system has directories and files that are part of its > management system. It also has specific tools to query, manipulate and > otherwise fuss with these. Removing files willy-nilly is not the > approach that most distros use to manage them. Unless, of course, you > have the specific knowledge to fix any breakage and a reason to do it. > > In Debian, these are the usually ways: > install 'apt-get install PKG' > remove 'apt-get remove PKG' > purge 'apt-get --purge remove PKG' > or the equivalent with 'aptitude' > > The last one is relevant here. 'Purge' means remove the binary files, > documentation and the configuration files. This is what you should have > used. There is only one thing that Debian does not manage yet, user > configuration files commonly created with DOT-PKG (ie. .mozilla). So you > MAY want to delete those, if you are sure they may be a cause of > problems. > > The error you had below was caused by the fact that you removed files > that are part of the Debian package management system and as such, > Debian couldn't do its job and bombed out when it could not find the > files it was expecting(otherwise known as pulling the rug out from under > it) > > > debian:/etc# apt-get remove gaim > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > The following packages will be REMOVED > > gaim > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 494 not upgraded. > > 1 not fully installed or removed. > > Need to get 0B of archives. > > After unpacking 2191kB disk space will be freed. > > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y > > (Reading database ... > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package > > `gaim-data' missing, assuming package has no files > > currently installed. > > If I remember correctly, you removed /var/lib/dpkg/info/gaim.list. This > error was caused by this. > > Not sure about the other errors. > > Next time, ask us, we can help you avoid these fun time x-) > Cheers,
indeed. nothing like one's mistakes for teachers. and now how do i fix the problem? that error message is kind of terrifying. thanks, tom arnall north spit, ca usa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
