I tried to install dropbox and the result is that apt-get is broken. (I do not by the way want dropbox on my system and want to purge it completely.)
Here is the output which demonstrates the current state of the system: --------------- root@debian:/home/tom# apt-get purge dropbox E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. root@debian:/home/tom# dpkg --configure -a Setting up nautilus-dropbox (1.4.0-3) ... Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to http://www.dropbox.com/ Downloading Dropbox... 100% --------------- With "Downloading Dropbox... 100%" the system hangs until I do a ctl-c. The response of the system to ANY attempt to do an install or remove is the same. Possibly relevant to the problem is the fact that after the problem descended on my system, I did an apt-get upgrade. The upgrade seemed to be going normally until the following appeared in the upgrade output: ------------- Setting up nautilus-dropbox (1.4.0-3) ... Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to http://www.dropbox.com/ Downloading Dropbox... 100% ------------- i find btw reports of this problem going back to 2012. why is debian allowing the thing in the repository? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAFKYrxpMnKB7yAdf=+R2jA2tN2183gZk7=ehgereud+_est...@mail.gmail.com
