-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:44:47 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <and...@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 11:59:03AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am having problems fixing the adobe-flashplugin package > > > > > and > > > [...] > > > > > > > > This is what happens when I try to dist-upgrade now: > > > > > > > > > > > > squeeze:/home/frank# aptitude dist-upgrade > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > The following packages will be upgraded: > > > > libmysqlclient16 mysql-common > > > > The following partially installed packages will be configured: > > > > adobe-flashplugin > > > > 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not > > > > upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 49.2kB > > > > will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] > > > > E: I wasn't able to locate file for the adobe-flashplugin > > > > package. This might mean you need to manually fix this > > > > package. Writing extended state information... Done E: I > > > > wasn't able to locate file for the adobe-flashplugin package. > > > > This might mean you need to manually fix this package. E: > > > > Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download > > > > > > I would start with aptitude reinstall adobe-flashplugin > > > > > look in /var/cache/apt/archives for the deb file. if it's missing, > maybe try manually downloading it, although I would think it would > download it automatically... hrmm... > > > > > > > > and if that didn't work, I'd move to purging it altogether. > > > > > right. so I wonder if you removed a file that adobe-flashplugin was > expecting to find? > > > > > Even dpkg-reconfigure does nothing except complain that iceape is > > missing ( I never had it on this system) > > wierd. > > > > > I am at wits end....about to wipe the partition > > I don't think you're there yet... that's a pretty drastic measure. Well I reconsidered:) I googled until I found what I was looking for exactly where apt keeps the info on package state...strangely enough it's in a file called "status" :) I hesitate to reveal this but what I did was open the file, removed the adobe-flashplayer info..and resaved. Problem gone...aptitude is now happy and will do whatever I ask (except make the coffee). I know this is what would be considered brute force...but in my case it worked. I DO NOT recommend it to anyone for any reason....but if it works...it works. It doesn't **seem** to have any side effects. - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLG/oWAAoJEMEDyLTvrVhjsRAH/iGEBuJ0lKg7xQ+ujxnVkotM ewI1/eX4B9drpPZlZ7ycYk6AqoGGbclwuvrBfzOZ35EOxSxKvaZwfdom9lmZfpTX fTNXJt/SioPDfcfNZT/BZV4TAX4HQVAw8NIHIEOgT9N71B3449/+tBbzghROIvsk qrcDoqDh0kGRwq50b7dttxo04vJtDiTLi4muHY+Sb3kNfHd5UzgwB5XFKCaGkKtq z77BJE9F2hcHH0vkm6b9IZHfjlJSlQ2kgvx/aXSq9Mox7ppbxQnv1Mp2MGmTPUE7 KF+mO84oEddLiGz7LfHLs/68eagkbvlZ9f97HdlHtb8AKYY4am97w8mpp08JIf4= =+Pux -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
