Hi.
On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 10:08:06AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 09:05:28AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> >> Some little problems after `full-upgrade' to Sid: no sound... Besides,
> >> when
> >> trying to install new packages, the following message appears:
> >>
> >> # aptitude install alsaplayer-alsa pulseaudio
> >> pulseaudio is already installed at the requested version (12.0-1)
> >> pulseaudio is already installed at the requested version (12.0-1)
> >> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >> alsaplayer-alsa alsaplayer-common{a} alsaplayer-gtk{a} libmikmod3{a}
> >> 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> >> Need to get 0 B/505 kB of archives. After unpacking 1,410 kB will be used.
> >> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
> >> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> >> dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
> >> dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
> >> Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and
> >> /sbin
> >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> >> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> >> dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
> >> dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
> >> Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and
> >> /sbin
> >>
> >> Please help... I'm not expert.
> >
> > Your installation lacks /sbin/ldconfig and /sbin/start-stop-daemon from
> > "libc-bin" and "dpkg" packages respectively. Or root's $PATH lack
> > "/sbin" somehow.
> > Either way it's not normal, it's a little wonder that you're able to
> > boot or run any binary executable.
> >
> >
> > I'd start fixing this mess by checking root's $PATH:
> >
> > echo $PATH
> >
> > It literally should have this value:
> >
> > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
> >
> > Next I'd try this:
> >
> > apt-get install --reinstall dpkg libc-bin
>
>
> Thanks... I'm afraid it's bad...:
No, it's a honest mistake on your part, not a misconfigured system.
> $ echo $PATH
> /home/rodolfo/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
> rodolfo@sda6-acer:~$ su
Don't. Do. That. Ever.
'su' without arguments preserves your current environment.
$PATH suffers from this (which is annoying or overall bad in this case),
but unforeseen side effects (including root-owned files in your $HOME)
start with a single X client that you'll run as root.
It's called 'su -'. Use it instead.
Reco
