I have a question regarding upgrading a remotely hosted VPN server. was running Debian 6; I did a few upgrades to clear the way for a dist-upgrade. I normally do this by getting the libc6 stuff and the kernel image done first then the rest of my apps. I've had very few issues with this in the past. However this is my first time to do it via all command line interface on a remotely hosted VPN server. On this server there is no kernel image or at least nothing in the /boot directory & nothing shows to be installed as a kernel image in dselect. the issue at hand is this message when I try to install the new libc6 parts:
A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory: '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so' It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation; please remove that copy of the C library or get it out of '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' and try again. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-38 +deb7u1_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-38+deb7u1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) If anyone has experience with this type of issue or running remotely hosted servers please advise of any ideas for managing this issue. i have researched a tried a couple of "processes that work" for some folks already, but when I do move those c lib items to another directory the whole system fails and I've only been able to rescue my self by having several term windows open where I have command line access. I was able to reinstall (as in put them back) using filezilla and a remote term that was kept open for this purpose. Thanks John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1392241345.16185.11.ca...@beast.johnwfoster.com
