Re: unknown apt error (to me)

Hi Henning, Henning Follmann writes: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 11:08:00AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: >> I try to install this package, but it fails >> - >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree... Done >> Reading state informati

Re: unknown apt error (to me)

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 11:08:00AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > I try to install this package, but it fails > - > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > The following NEW packages will be

unknown apt error (to me)

I try to install this package, but it fails - Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: libc6-i386 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023, at 15:52, Eddie wrote: > > > On 10/10/23 14:41, Bob Crochelt wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023, at 08:11, Anders Andersson wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 1:19 PM Bob Crochelt >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi: > >> > Fresh install Debian

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On 10/10/23 14:41, Bob Crochelt wrote: On Tue, Oct 10, 2023, at 08:11, Anders Andersson wrote: On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 1:19 PM Bob Crochelt > wrote: > > Hi: > Fresh install Debian 12.  All seems well.  However, when I install a new package, in this case fvwm, the

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023, at 08:11, Anders Andersson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 1:19 PM Bob Crochelt wrote: > > > > Hi: > > Fresh install Debian 12. All seems well. However, when I install a new > > package, in this case fvwm, the package installs fine, but there is an > > error at the end

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023, at 11:31, Marco M. wrote: > Am 10.10.2023 um 11:25:13 Uhr schrieb Bob Crochelt: > > > No, it was not intentional. Should I remove it? > > If you don't run Debian on raspberry Pi, remove it. > Thanks to all. Followed the instructions on the Debian forums link and all is

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

Am 10.10.2023 um 11:25:13 Uhr schrieb Bob Crochelt: > No, it was not intentional. Should I remove it? If you don't run Debian on raspberry Pi, remove it.

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023, at 02:13, David wrote: > On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 at 06:32, Bob Crochelt wrote: > > > Fresh install Debian 12. All seems well. However, when I install a new > > package, in this case fvwm, the package installs fine, but there is an > > error at the end... > > > > dpkg: depe

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023, at 00:04, Marco M. wrote: > Am 09.10.2023 um 23:31:14 Uhr schrieb Bob Crochelt: > > > raspi-firmware: missing /boot/firmware, did you forget to mount it? > > Does it exist? > On Pi it does. > > Run: > lsblk > cat /etc/fstab > Hi, Thanks for your help. lsblk NAME MAJ:M

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 04:31:15PM +0100, Tixy wrote: > On Tue, 2023-10-10 at 17:11 +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: > > This is a bit crazy. It can't be a "fresh install" if you have the > > amd64 kernel trying to configure the closed firmware for a raspberry > > pi. > > As Махно pointed out in ano

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, 2023-10-10 at 17:11 +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: > This is a bit crazy. It can't be a "fresh install" if you have the > amd64 kernel trying to configure the closed firmware for a raspberry > pi. As Махно pointed out in another reply [1], this does really seem to be the case. If you follo

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 1:19 PM Bob Crochelt wrote: > > Hi: > Fresh install Debian 12. All seems well. However, when I install a new > package, in this case fvwm, the package installs fine, but there is an error > at the end... > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

Hello. Check this: https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155245 2023-10-10, an, 10:04 Marco M. rašė: > > Am 09.10.2023 um 23:31:14 Uhr schrieb Bob Crochelt: > > > raspi-firmware: missing /boot/firmware, did you forget to mount it? > > Does it exist? > On Pi it does. > > Run: > lsblk > cat /e

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 at 06:32, Bob Crochelt wrote: > Fresh install Debian 12. All seems well. However, when I install a new > package, in this case fvwm, the package installs fine, but there is an error > at the end... > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64: >

Re: apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

Am 09.10.2023 um 23:31:14 Uhr schrieb Bob Crochelt: > raspi-firmware: missing /boot/firmware, did you forget to mount it? Does it exist? On Pi it does. Run: lsblk cat /etc/fstab

apt error, fresh install Debian 12/Dell desktop

Hi: Fresh install Debian 12. All seems well. However, when I install a new package, in this case fvwm, the package installs fine, but there is an error at the end... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64: linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64 (=

Re: apt error not understood

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, May 22, 2021 11:29 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > *.mount files are systemd representations of mount points. Sometimes they're > autogenerated from /etc/fstab (that is, fstab is still a first-class pl

Re: apt error not understood

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, May 22, 2021 12:29 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 03:48:38PM +, ghe2001 wrote: > > > Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit -.mount is > > masked. > > ht

Re: apt error not understood

On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 03:48:38PM +, ghe2001 wrote: > Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit -.mount is > masked. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/error-gdbus-error-org-freedesktop-systemd1-unitmasked-unit-mount-is-masked-4175665031/ https://un

Re: apt error not understood

On 22/05/2021 16:48, ghe2001 wrote: > Buster everywhere, latest update. > > I update/upgrade using apt on 3 different computers (SuperMicro > desktop, Dell laptop, Raspberry Pi cute thing). Sample from a few > minutes ago, on the desktop: > > root@sbox:~# apt update > Hit:1 http://security.debian.

Re: Apt error

You maybe duplicated it, or added it in the sources.list.d/ directory ? You could run the following command to list out all active references in your current configuration. grep -R "deb " /etc/apt/sources.list* Cheers, Pierre. Le jeu. 4 avr. 2019 à 10:50, john doe a écrit : > > On 4/4/2019 4:1

Re: Apt error

On 4/4/2019 4:16 AM, Joe B wrote: > Hello, > > I added a link to sources.list when I run apt update the link is dead and > doesn’t resolve. I removed link from sources.list and ran apt update and it > keeps looking for the dead link. How do I make this stop? Reboot didn’t > resolve > Are you sure

Apt error

Hello, I added a link to sources.list when I run apt update the link is dead and doesn’t resolve. I removed link from sources.list and ran apt update and it keeps looking for the dead link. How do I make this stop? Reboot didn’t resolve Thanks

Re: Sid/Testing, apt error "Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial..

On 01/22/2017 06:06 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: I'm getting this on a few of my system while updating apt, "Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz Hash Sum mismatch Hashes of expected file: - Filesize:1024 [weak] - SHA

Sid/Testing, apt error "Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial..

I'm getting this on a few of my system while updating apt, "Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz Hash Sum mismatch Hashes of expected file: - Filesize:1024 [weak] - SHA256:5f70bf18a086007016e948b04aed3b82103a36b

Sis/Testing, apt error "Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial..

I'm getting this on a few of my system while updating apt, "Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz Hash Sum mismatch Hashes of expected file: - Filesize:1024 [weak] - SHA256:5f70bf18a086007016e948b04aed3b82103a36b

Re: Apt Error at Update [Fixed]

Seems the recent update this morning fixed the error.

Re: Apt Error at Update

So, no one else getting these apt script errors on Testing?

Apt Error at Update

Hi Folks: It's intermittent, after running apt (SID updated daily, for the past several days). Anybody else? Error: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/app-info -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then appstreamcli refresh-cache > /dev/null; fi'

Re: odd apt error

On 1/25/06, Stephen Cormier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 25 January 2006 21:52, Stephen Cormier wrote: > That would be dpkg -i > --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libiec61883-0_1.0.0-0.1_i386.deb > > Stephen > -- thanks to all. had to do it a couple of times but no problems

Re: odd apt error

On Wednesday 25 January 2006 21:52, Stephen Cormier wrote: That would be dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libiec61883-0_1.0.0-0.1_i386.deb Stephen -- Debian the choice of a GNU generation GPG Public Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc pgpLD24yvqPoc.p

Re: odd apt error

On Wednesday 25 January 2006 20:12, Preston Boyington wrote: > Would someone mind helping me with this? I was doing an > update/upgrade and it keeps dying with this error message: > > Unpacking libiec61883-0 (from .../libiec61883-0_1.0.0-0.1_i386.deb) > ... dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/

odd apt error

Would someone mind helping me with this? I was doing an update/upgrade and it keeps dying with this error message: Unpacking libiec61883-0 (from .../libiec61883-0_1.0.0-0.1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libiec61883-0_1.0.0-0.1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwri

Re: Apt error

On Thursday 05 August 2004 14:14, Michael Montagne wrote: > My dmesg is also filled with several of these each time I try apt: > hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=649782, > sector=649712 > end_request: I/O error,

Re: serious apt error after aptitude catastrophe

On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 12:03:40AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > tried switching to aptitude and, while I was't looking, aptitude > > started to uninstall a whole slew of fundamental packages from my > > computer! > > You did that. Aptitude warned you

Re: serious apt error after aptitude catastrophe

Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > tried switching to aptitude and, while I was't looking, aptitude > started to uninstall a whole slew of fundamental packages from my > computer! You did that. Aptitude warned you about this after the first time you hit g. You told aptitude that it's idea

Re: serious apt error after aptitude catastrophe

Matt Price wrote: gaah, forgot to add: downgrading libc6 leads to terrible system-breaking conflicts. tried switching to aptitude and, while I was't looking, aptitude started to uninstall a whole slew of fundamental packages from my computer! now I have to reinstall them, but the Sid glibc backag

Re: serious apt error after aptitude catastrophe

gaah, forgot to add: downgrading libc6 leads to terrible system-breaking conflicts. m On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 12:07:44AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > hello, > > tried switching to aptitude and, while I was't looking, aptitude > started to uninstall a whole slew of fundamental packages from my >

serious apt error after aptitude catastrophe

hello, tried switching to aptitude and, while I was't looking, aptitude started to uninstall a whole slew of fundamental packages from my computer! now I have to reinstall them, but the Sid glibc backage seems to have aserious conflict with sysinit: -- Note, selecting libc6 instead

Re: Apt error

Tomy Alarie wrote: To the tune of a Sesame Street song: "One of these things is not like the others!" Look at your last line. Notice how all the other lines have "stuff" after the url. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out what the "stuff" after the url on that last line

Re: Apt error

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:55:06 + "Tomy Alarie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To the tune of a Sesame Street song: "One of these things is not like > the others!" > > Look at your last line. Notice how all the other lines have "stuff" > after the url. Your mission, should you choose to accept

Re: Apt error

To the tune of a Sesame Street song: "One of these things is not like the others!" Look at your last line. Notice how all the other lines have "stuff" after the url. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out what the "stuff" after the url on that last line should be. -- moniq

Re: Apt error

On 2004-04-11, Tomy Alarie penned: > Hi, i'm was trying something i found on internet today > (http://people.brad-x.com/~diamondc/debianinstall.html) and i do an net > install of base debian and then tried to follow these steps but i got an > error adding a source in /etc/apt/sources.list, E: Ma

Apt error

Hi, i'm was trying something i found on internet today (http://people.brad-x.com/~diamondc/debianinstall.html) and i do an net install of base debian and then tried to follow these steps but i got an error adding a source in /etc/apt/sources.list, E: Malformed line 8 (dist) . Can someone help m

apt error or bug with plptools & plptools-kde

I´m using Debian 3.0r1 2.4.22 unstable When I tried to remove plptools and plptools-kde dpkg returns error signal 1 and the dirname applied by dpkg seens to have lack of arguments. Like: #apt-get remove plptools-kde Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following pa

Re: Apt error in Debian/Sid with Python

Florian Ernst wrote: Hello again! On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 08:24:55PM +0200, C Stefan wrote: On toppic : The people from Debian discovered how badly the server were compromised ? Once more, as all this has been on the list several times, see http://www.wiggy.net/debian/ Because I think that my

Re: Apt error in Debian/Sid with Python

Hello again! On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 08:24:55PM +0200, C Stefan wrote: On toppic : The people from Debian discovered how badly the server were compromised ? Once more, as all this has been on the list several times, see http://www.wiggy.net/debian/ Because I think that my desktop was compromised

Re: Apt error in Debian/Sid with Python

On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 00:14, Florian Ernst wrote: > Hello 'C Stefan'! > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 02:24:28PM +0200, C Stefan wrote: > > I have a Debian/Sid distrib and after an apt-update/apt-upgrade > >i`ve encounterred this error : > >[...] > > trying to overwrite /usr/share/doc/python2.3/python

Re: Apt error in Debian/Sid with Python

Hello 'C Stefan'! On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 02:24:28PM +0200, C Stefan wrote: I have a Debian/Sid distrib and after an apt-update/apt-upgrade i`ve encounterred this error : [...] trying to overwrite /usr/share/doc/python2.3/python-policy.html', which is also in package python2.3 [...] Someone knows

Apt error in Debian/Sid with Python

Hello I have a Debian/Sid distrib and after an apt-update/apt-upgrade i`ve encounterred this error : Reading changelogs... (Reading database ... 26901 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace python 2.3.2-4 (using .../python_2.3.2-6_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement pyth

Re: Apt error message

begin Michael Montagne quote from Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 08:08:13AM -0700 > I'm getting a new apt error message that seems to be harmless yet i'd > like to understand and fix it. > > W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin > > What is the meaning of this? Are you

Apt error message

I'm getting a new apt error message that seems to be harmless yet i'd like to understand and fix it. W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin What is the meaning of this? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.themontagnes.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: APT error

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 03:43:31PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > i tried to upgrade my system with > # apt-get dist-upgrade > > after it downloaded all files i got this error: > E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on libpam0g > > What does that mean? This

APT error

Hi i tried to upgrade my system with # apt-get dist-upgrade after it downloaded all files i got this error: E: Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on libpam0g What does that mean? cheers, Raffaele -- Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Annoyed about M$ Windows? Don

Apt error: Bizarre, file size not what server reported

When I run aptitude to install a program I have been seeing something like this message: Apt- error File size is not what server reported. Bizarre Error. This is on my Sarge 2.4.18 on a i686 Duron 850 I had inadvertantly moved to unstable and I have managed to back it down to testing, by adding an

Re: apt error

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 12:47:17PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello debian users, > > I'm currenty experiencing some difficulty in trying to install 'aktion' > from KDE. Here's what happens: > bash$ apt-get install aktion > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > Package aktion h

Re: apt error

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:47:17 -0500 "Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello debian users, > > I'm currenty experiencing some difficulty in trying to install 'aktion' from > KDE. Here's what happens: > bash$ apt-get install aktion > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... >

apt error

Hello debian users, I'm currenty experiencing some difficulty in trying to install 'aktion' from KDE. Here's what happens: bash$ apt-get install aktion Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Package aktion has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means th

Re: apt error, Dynamic MMap ran out of room

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 03:20:50PM -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > Yes, I did manage to find out the likely variable the weird thing > is changing one of the sources lists entry to point to another server > fixed it... later I changed the Cache-Limit also it's not as though > I had a 100 e

Re: apt error, Dynamic MMap ran out of room

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Faheem Mitha wrote: > On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:36:02 -0500 (EST), Walter Tautz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > > E: Error occured while processing ifplugd (NewFileVer1) > > E: Problem with MergeList > > >/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.o

Re: apt error, Dynamic MMap ran out of room

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:36:02 -0500 (EST), Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing ifplugd (NewFileVer1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages > E: The

Re: apt error, Dynamic MMap ran out of room

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:36:02 -0500 (EST), Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing ifplugd (NewFileVer1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages > E: The

Re: apt error, Dynamic MMap ran out of room

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:36:02AM -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > > E: Error occured while processing ifplugd (NewFileVer1) > > E: Problem with MergeList > > >/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main

Re: apt error, Dynamic MMap ran out of room

On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:36:02AM -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing ifplugd (NewFileVer1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages > E: The package lists or stat

apt error, Dynamic MMap ran out of room

E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing ifplugd (NewFileVer1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. I am running woody with some pac

Re: apt error

On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 10:21:31PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi. Sorry for all the re-postings. If anyone couldn't read any of the posts, > this was probably do to the fact I was using plain text instead of html. I > have changed the settings, and hope to have solved this problem. Anyway, my >

Re: apt error

On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 12:37:42PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi. If this message, or something similar, has been posted by me, I > appologize for the re-post. I am having a problem installing the source tree > in 2.2r5 stable. I am a blind user, and am running Speakup, which is a screen > revi

apt error

Hi. Sorry for all the re-postings. If anyone couldn't read any of the posts, this was probably do to the fact I was using plain text instead of html. I have changed the settings, and hope to have solved this problem. Anyway, my problem is that when I try to add one of my source distribution

apt error

Hi. If this message, or something similar, has been posted by me, I appologize for the re-post. I am having a problem installing the source tree in 2.2r5 stable. I am a blind user, and am running Speakup, which is a screen review package. The reason I am mentioning this is because if anyone send

Re: potato/apt error on libc6 PreDepends

also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.14.1711 +0100]: > You've got an old libc and aren't upgrading it yet. I don't know why > (I would have thought dist-upgrade would do it). mh. miraculously it suddenly worked. gotta love *and* hate computers... -- martin; (greetings from

Re: potato/apt error on libc6 PreDepends

On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 03:45:02PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | trying to get my last potato box up to testing. simply changed the deb | line in sources.list from stable to testing (deb-src is still unstable), | and security as well as adrian's 2.4.x kernel deb lines are still on | stable, as al

potato/apt error on libc6 PreDepends

trying to get my last potato box up to testing. simply changed the deb line in sources.list from stable to testing (deb-src is still unstable), and security as well as adrian's 2.4.x kernel deb lines are still on stable, as always. then apt-get update'd, but when doing dist-upgrade, i get: Sorry,

Re: apt error: not a valid DEB package

on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 11:54:12AM -0700, Adam Shand ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > i went to install powershell today and i got this. my immediate > response was the the md5 check sum must not have matched (apt does that > now ... right?). but it installed anyway... wtf? > > if it's going to g

apt error: not a valid DEB package

i went to install powershell today and i got this. my immediate response was the the md5 check sum must not have matched (apt does that now ... right?). but it installed anyway... wtf? if it's going to get an error shouldn't it abort? adam. $ sudo apt-get install powershell Reading Package Li

Re: Weird apt error

Tiarnan O Corrain wrote: > > Hello all-- > > I'm getting a really odd error with a debian box I administer. Apt > seems to be broken, or at least missing some serious files. Any advice > would be most welcome. > > crhist95:~# apt-get remove gdm > Reading Package Lists... Error! >

Weird apt error

Hello all-- I'm getting a really odd error with a debian box I administer. Apt seems to be broken, or at least missing some serious files. Any advice would be most welcome. crhist95:~# apt-get remove gdm Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Unable to write mmap - msync (5 In

Re: apt error : too many open files

On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 06:20:05PM -0500, B Thomas wrote: > Hi, > I am using debian 2.2 with kernel 2.2.19 and am having the folling > problem : when I log in as root and use dpkg or apt every thing works fine > . But if I log in a normal user and "su -" to root the dpkg or apt gives > errors as

apt error : too many open files

Hi, I am using debian 2.2 with kernel 2.2.19 and am having the folling problem : when I log in as root and use dpkg or apt every thing works fine . But if I log in a normal user and "su -" to root the dpkg or apt gives errors as below. Could you please point me to what is going wrong and how may

apt error

Hello, I get the following error when trying to reinstall glibc: napoli:~# apt-get --reinstall install glibc* Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Note, selecting libc6-pic instead of glibc-pic Note, selecting libc6 instead of glibc2.2 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly instal

Re: Gnome install using apt - error logging in

> but when I do an "apt-get update" the update does fine with the debian > site, but it gives me an error on the gnome sight. The error is: > > Error: ftp://ftp.gnome.org dists/released/ Packages > process_uri_pair: couldn't log in The ftp.gnome.org site is VERY busy, try one of the mirrors you s

Re: apt error upgrading to 2.1

On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > When upgrading Debian 2.0 to 2.1 here with apt, I got > > > Unpacking replacement mime-support ... > Preparing to replace mtools 3.8-1 (using mtools_3.9.1-2.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement mtools ... > Preparing to replace ncurses-term 1.9.9g-8.

Re: apt error upgrading to 2.1

Thus spake Hamish Moffatt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > When upgrading Debian 2.0 to 2.1 here with apt, I got > > > Preparing to replace strace 3.1-13 (using strace_3.1.0.1-8.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement strace ... > E: Sub-process returned an error code > > I ran "dpkg --pending --configure",

apt error upgrading to 2.1

When upgrading Debian 2.0 to 2.1 here with apt, I got Unpacking replacement mime-support ... Preparing to replace mtools 3.8-1 (using mtools_3.9.1-2.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mtools ... Preparing to replace ncurses-term 1.9.9g-8.10 (using ncurses-term_4.2-3.deb) ... Unpacking replacement

Gnome install using apt - error logging in

I'm trying to install Gnome using the instructions at http://www.gnome.org/start/getting_debian.shtml They say to add a line to /etc/apt/sources.list (which I've done); it now looks like: deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/debian dists/

dselect/apt: Error 550: not a plain file?

I'm using the dselect/apt/dpkg combo to download and install new packages in potato from ftp.us.debian.org. My system is already slink/potato, from earlier downloads from potato. Yesterday I tried to download a large number of packages. Some were sucessfully downloaded, but a large num

Re: apt error

On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Remco van de Meent wrote: > On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Chuck Peters wrote: > > : I am using the stable release and installed apt. While upgrading > : and adding some things with dselect I got the following error. I > : thought it was OK to use apt out of the unstable release.

Re: apt error

On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Chuck Peters wrote: : I am using the stable release and installed apt. While upgrading : and adding some things with dselect I got the following error. I : thought it was OK to use apt out of the unstable release. How do I : fix it? What version of apt are you using? I

apt error

I am using the stable release and installed apt. While upgrading and adding some things with dselect I got the following error. I thought it was OK to use apt out of the unstable release. How do I fix it? Thanks, Chuck Setting up isapnptools (1.13-3.1) ... dpkg: ../../../dpkg/packages.c:191: