Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-29 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi Don, Only just seen this! On 27/10/14 15:31, Don Armstrong wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Paul Duncan wrote: Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a complete apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) For the record, you don't need to purge and reinstall to get back c

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Paul Duncan wrote: > Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a complete > apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) For the record, you don't need to purge and reinstall to get back configuration files you may have accidentally deleted. Just use: UCF

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:32:29 + Paul Duncan wrote: Hello Paul, >Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a >complete apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) You're welcome. Although I was far from sure that it would work, I had my fingers crossed. :-) -- Regar

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi Brad, Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a complete apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) Cheers, Paul. On 27/10/14 11:12, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:54:38 + Paul Duncan wrote: Hello Paul, Currently, if I try to do a purge of exim4,

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:12:34 + Brad Rogers wrote: Hello, >is in exim4-config. Try re-installing that. Should have said "...just that." -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" I ain't got no time for intellectual

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:54:38 + Paul Duncan wrote: Hello Paul, >Currently, if I try to do a purge of exim4, this is what happens: exim4 is a meta-package that pulls in various others. It does not contain the file you deleted. A search at https://packages.debian.org/ shows that exim4.conf.t

Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Paul Duncan
Hello, I'm having a problem which stems from me accidentally deleting the /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template file. I figured it would be a simple matter of removing and re-installing the package, but it does not seem to be. I have even tried purging. Currently, if I try to do a purge of exim4, t

Re: package problems [SOLVED]

2006-12-16 Thread Wayne Topa
Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > linux-image-2.6.18-3-k7 > > localepurge: checking system for new locale ... > > localepurge: processing locale files ... > > localepur

Re: package problems [Update]

2006-12-11 Thread Wayne Topa
Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Happy Sunday Morning > > I've had yet another problem with the package downloads. This is the > second time I've had a failure in a kernel package, 2.6.18 today, 2.6.17 > last week. The errors speak for them selves. > _ >

Re: Apt Broken Package Problems

2004-09-16 Thread Dominique Dumont
Ryan Waye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8', which is also in package > libquantum-entanglement-perl [snip] > > Any suggestions? Read carefully the error reported by a

Re: Apt Broken Package Problems

2004-09-14 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
Ryan Waye > /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8', which is also in package > libquantum-entanglement-perl > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb [..] > Any suggesti

Re: Apt Broken Package Problems

2004-09-14 Thread Ryan Waye
Stefan O'Rear wrote: I was thinking of: dpkg --remove libquantum-superpositions-perl dpkg --remove libclass-multimethods-perl since apt is stuck. Remember - no apt = fix deps yourself. As you may of gathered, I am kinda new. The packages you said were removed, but apt-get -f install still return

Re: Apt Broken Package Problems

2004-09-14 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 08:42:46PM -0400, Ryan Waye wrote: > Stefan O'Rear wrote: > >On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 05:52:13PM -0400, Ryan Waye wrote: > >>/var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb (--unpack): > >>trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8', which is also in package > >>libclass-mul

Re: Apt Broken Package Problems

2004-09-14 Thread Ryan Waye
Stefan O'Rear wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 05:52:13PM -0400, Ryan Waye wrote: I am using Sid 2.6.7 and I seem to be having some broken package problems. The funny thing is that this is a week old, and noone else seems to have submitted a bug report. This has completely handicapped apt,

Re: Apt Broken Package Problems

2004-09-14 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 05:52:13PM -0400, Ryan Waye wrote: > I am using Sid 2.6.7 and I seem to be having some broken package > problems. The funny thing is that this is a week old, and noone else > seems to have submitted a bug report. This has completely handicapped > apt, so I ca

Apt Broken Package Problems

2004-09-14 Thread Ryan Waye
I am using Sid 2.6.7 and I seem to be having some broken package problems. The funny thing is that this is a week old, and noone else seems to have submitted a bug report. This has completely handicapped apt, so I can not use it right now. Below is the return of apt-get install -f Reading

Package problems on stable

2003-11-28 Thread Fredrik Karlsson
Dear list, I'm currently having problems dist-upgrading stable. (see log below) Does anyone know what this is about? /Fredrik <-- snipp ---> Preparing to replace util-linux 2.11n-4 (using .../util-linux_2.11n-7_i386.deb) ... install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.

Re: Help debugging package problems (again)

2003-02-02 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:43:29 -0800 (PST), Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [back to list] > > On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Faheem Mitha wrote: > >> > ii libc6 2.3.1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and >Timezone data >> >> As I am sure hordes of people will shortly te

Re: Help debugging package problems (again)

2003-02-02 Thread Bill Moseley
[back to list] On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > ii libc6 2.3.1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and >Timezone data > > As I am sure hordes of people will shortly tell you, you have upgraded > to the libc6 in unstable. In general, not such a great idea. Now

Help debugging package problems (again)

2003-02-01 Thread Bill Moseley
[I'm sending this again -- Debian is a package system and I think understanding this is importnat. I hope someone can help explain this.] >From Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:46:04 -0800 (PST) I'm running a mix of testing/unstable. $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "testing"; APT::Cache-L

Help debugging package problems

2003-01-28 Thread Bill Moseley
I'm running a mix of testing/unstable. $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "testing"; APT::Cache-Limit 1000; This is a desktop machine where I want to use new code: I have installed some packages with apt-get -t unstable install I wonder if that has not caused problems and if I

kernel-package problems

2003-01-19 Thread A. Loonstra
Well this thing really blew my spare Sunday... :( I'm trying to create a debian kernel package using make-kpkg. I can compile the kernel without using the debian tool. But since I like the package system I wanted to create a package of my custom kernel. But I'm not able to do so. I constantly g

Re: package problems

2001-11-19 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 07:12:49 +1100, Robbie & Kathy wrote: > I am trying to install g++ from your stable packages website. The problem > is though, it depends on libstdc++2.10-dev before it can configure. If you > try and install libstdc++2.10-dev (also from the stable packages website), >

Re: package problems

2001-11-19 Thread Tom Goulet
>it depends on g++ to configure. It would appear that they depend on each >other to install completely but how do you get around this? You can specify both packages to be installed at once: dpkg --install package1 package2 -- TomG pgp8mw1L8Gjkg.pgp Description: PGP signature

package problems

2001-11-19 Thread Robbie & Kathy
Hello, I am trying to install g++ from your stable packages website. The problem is though, it depends on libstdc++2.10-dev before it can configure. If you try and install libstdc++2.10-dev (also from the stable packages website), it depends on g++ to configure. It would appear that they de

Re: Package problems

2001-01-08 Thread Thibaut Cousin
Le Lundi 8 Janvier 2001 16:34, vous avez écrit : > To quote Thibaut Cousin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # 1) Konqueror depends on lesstif. Is it normal ? I don't see where > lesstif is > # used... > In order to support Netscape plugins, KDE has to use Motif/Lesstif. I had not thought of that. All rig

Re: Package problems

2001-01-08 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Thibaut Cousin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # 1) Konqueror depends on lesstif. Is it normal ? I don't see where lesstif is # used... In order to support Netscape plugins, KDE has to use Motif/Lesstif. # 2) Bramhs can only be used by root because of a /dev/rtc: permission denied. # Can the perm

Package problems

2001-01-08 Thread Thibaut Cousin
I noticed a few issues with KDE 2.0.1 packages. Here they are : 1) Konqueror depends on lesstif. Is it normal ? I don't see where lesstif is used... 2) Bramhs can only be used by root because of a /dev/rtc: permission denied. Can the permissions be changed, or at least a warning be given duri

Gnome package problems

2000-12-12 Thread Michael Hansen
Not sure if this is the right list or not, but since this was a problem with the install, I'll put it here.  I'm new to debian, and when I tried to install debian using the "official" 2.2 r0 x86 binary CD's from LinuxCentral, I got an error that stated something to the effect that the Gnome

package problems

1999-07-21 Thread shadgun
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Okay, okay... I know all the warnings about unstable should have been heeded, but all I want to do now is salvage my box. How do I: A) salvage the dpkg database, I get errors about fsync and B) if that cant be done... downgrade to slink. Im not s

Re: Kernel-Package problems

1999-05-05 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 5/4/99 8:16:11 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Has anyone ever encountered the trouble with Kernel-package that does not > make the symbolic link in /usr/src/linux? This seems to be my trouble. I > have the source tarballs in /usr/src but no /usr/src/lin

Re: Kernel-Package problems

1999-05-05 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 09:10:29PM -0400, Jayson Baird wrote: > Has anyone ever encountered the trouble with Kernel-package that does not > make the symbolic link in /usr/src/linux? This seems to be my trouble. I > have the source tarballs in /usr/src but no /usr/src/linux. Any help I'd be > greatl

RE: Kernel-Package problems

1999-05-05 Thread Shaleh
On 05-May-99 Jayson Baird wrote: > Has anyone ever encountered the trouble with Kernel-package that does not > make the symbolic link in /usr/src/linux? This seems to be my trouble. I > have the source tarballs in /usr/src but no /usr/src/linux. Any help I'd be > greatly appreciative... thanks :)

Kernel-Package problems

1999-05-05 Thread Jayson Baird
Has anyone ever encountered the trouble with Kernel-package that does not make the symbolic link in /usr/src/linux? This seems to be my trouble. I have the source tarballs in /usr/src but no /usr/src/linux. Any help I'd be greatly appreciative... thanks :) Jayson Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED]

KDE/Qt .deb package problems

1999-04-30 Thread William R Pentney
I get the following error when I attempt to run kmedia in KDE: libkfile.so.2:undefined symbol: __pure_virtual According to the kde-user list archives, this is the fault of the Debian package, which apparently does not support any version of Qt other than that in the 1.42-1 .deb package.(I have 1

rxvt-ml package problems in slink.

1999-02-19 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, After intalling rxvt-ml package, when I launch crxvt, I got the following error: rxvt: can't load font "taipei16" rxvt: aborting I fixed this problem by installing the font taipei16 in /usr/local. But since this font is not packaged in debian, then why do we se