Re: apt/dpkg problems

2009-10-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4ac66dd8.9080...@baywinds.org>, Bruce Ferrell wrote: >Preparing to replace dpkg 1.14.25 (using >.../archives/dpkg_1.14.25_arm.deb) ... >Unpacking replacement dpkg ... >Processing triggers for man-db ... >Setting up dpkg (1.14.25) ... >chown: changing ownership of `&x\b': No such file or directo

apt/dpkg problems

2009-10-02 Thread Bruce Ferrell
I'm having the problems you can see in the following listing. It looks like I have invalid files in some path. How can I find the files/directories that can't be changed? Is there a script I can look at in the package db? Thanks in advance Preparing to replace dpkg 1.14.25 (using .../archives/

dpkg problems after the server broke down; /var folder gone

2003-10-30 Thread Bob Hentges
Hiya all, well the problem is the following, After a crash of our webserver, the whole /var was gone. We got the system working again, but, dpkg produces errors ever since. to show what the output the machine gives us looks like here comes a sample installation for bombardier: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: dpkg problems

2001-06-09 Thread Chris
dpkg problem fixed. It was due to a statoverride prob. restored old status and fixed.

Re: dpkg problems

2001-06-09 Thread Shaul Karl
Can you describe the full context of what you are trying to do? What were your previous input? --- Begin Message --- dpkg error(1) status override exit How to fix cause nothing will download with it this way Thanks for any help given! --- End Message --- Shaul Karl <[EMA

dpkg problems

2001-06-09 Thread Chris
dpkg error(1) status override exit How to fix cause nothing will download with it this way Thanks for any help given!

dpkg problems

1999-10-27 Thread T.V.Gnanasekaran
Hi, I am new to debian. I recently compiled and upgraded gtk. After that, whenever I install any package using apt-get it says: # apt-get install xfstt Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: Sorry, but the follo

Re: [HELP:]howto hamm->slink + dpkg problems

1998-10-02 Thread Jens Ritter
Bruno Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hello, > > i didn't find any README in the slink directory, so how does the upgrade work > (and the maintenance...) do i simply install the packages of the slink > directory? > > In fact i would like to have packages like gnome easily installed and >

[HELP:]howto hamm->slink + dpkg problems

1998-10-02 Thread Bruno Boettcher
hello, i didn't find any README in the slink directory, so how does the upgrade work (and the maintenance...) do i simply install the packages of the slink directory? In fact i would like to have packages like gnome easily installed and maintained through dselect... and that seems possible only u

Re: DSELECT/DPKG Problems with Apache 1.1.3-6

1997-09-12 Thread Bruce Perens
The pre-install script in that package is failing - it says returning status 1, and it should return 0. You can use "dpkg" to extract the package archive, and then try to run DEBIAN/preinst by hand. That should let you figure out what is wrong with the script. Sometimes it is something simple like

DSELECT/DPKG Problems with Apache 1.1.3-6

1997-09-12 Thread Nigel Price
Hello, I've been having problem with Apache 1.1.3-6 as supplied with Debian 1.3.1. Basically I've been using DSELECT, but reverted to DPKG in an effort to get more info on the problem. Alas, even the highest level of --debug failed to provide me with enough. A brief history: Apache 1.1.3-6 ins

Re: dpkg problems

1996-11-28 Thread mike
On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Fundamental wrote: > off and on i get this error with dpkg > > Selecting previously deselected package mailagent. > (Reading database ... 9676 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking mailagent (from mailagent-3.44-6.deb) ... > Setting up mailagent ... > dpkg (

dpkg problems

1996-11-28 Thread Fundamental
off and on i get this error with dpkg Selecting previously deselected package mailagent. (Reading database ... 9676 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mailagent (from mailagent-3.44-6.deb) ... Setting up mailagent ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script

Re: dpkg problems

1996-11-17 Thread Andy Guy
Martin Konold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi there, > > how to resolve > > > > Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install This is a bug in dpkg-ftp shown up by the latest version of perl - don't worry it is still doing things correctly. It is fixed in the l

dpkg problems

1996-11-15 Thread Martin Konold
> Hi there, > how to resolve > > Processing status file... > Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install > line 75, chunk 8174. > > Processing Package files... > rex... > Odd number of elements in hash list at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install > line 124, chunk 14