On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 08:35:03PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Marc Shapiro wrote: >> This does NOT seem to be a bug. It is a problem ON MY box. >> >> I recently upgraded from Etch to Lenny so that I could get Firefox3 >> without going through all of the library hoops. I have had a number of
BTW, you could have just downloaded a nightly build of firefox (already compiled), and ran it with ./firefox and then linked alacarte or something to your binary... That's what I do on lenny >> I have an Epson CX7400 All-In-One. The printer works fine and it works >> as a stand alone copier. The scanner is giving me trouble. I can't >> install sane. Sane depends on libsane-extras and it won't install >> because it can not overwrite /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf which, in Etch >> came from iscan which was installed from an .rpm using alien. I have >> purged the iscan package, but the problem remains. The file is still >> there. I have manually rm'd the file. It is no longer there. But I >> still get the error when I try to install libsane-extras. It still >> seems to think that the file is there, even though the package has been >> purged and the file deleted. >> uh, probably a dumb question, but did u try aptitude install -f >> How can I get sane to install and my scanner functioning? >> >> Please help. >> >> > Further update. It appears that when I tried to purge the iscan package > it failed to purge. That is why the file was still there. Now, I have > deleted the file, but the package is still installed. I can't get it to > purge and I can't install sane. > > HELP! hmmm, dpkg -r I dunno just a suggestion... delete the binaries, wait no, that could be bad if the packaging system doesn't know about it... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
