Fwd: Re: Groundhog day (was Galeon 1.3.10 on sid (ppc)
Hi Guys
Thought I'd try this out here as I can't seem to get an answer from
d-u. It may be a problem peculiar to powerpc (the ppc version may
be broken in sid)
TIA
Clive
----- Forwarded message from Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> -----
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> On (16/12/03 19:20), ben_foley@web.de wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:32:03PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Sorry to re-post but I'm really stuck (I've been reduced to reinstalling
> > > woody on another partition, just to be able to function).
> > >
> > > To recap, using aptitude, I installed Galeon 1.3.10 (which seems to run
> > > although there were some errors reported on installation). My problems
> > > started when I tried to remove it because of the errors reported. If I
> > > try to hold it, aptitude tries to reinstall it. If I try to remove it,
> > > it reports that it is so broken that it needs to be reinstalled before I
> > > can remove it. And if I try to reinstall it (it is flagged for upgrade)
> > > I get:
> > >
> > > Preconfiguring packages ...
> > > (Reading database ...
> > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `galeon' missing,
> > > assuming package has no files currently installed.
> > > 82818 files and directories currently installed.)
> > > Preparing to replace galeon 1.3.10-3 (using
> > > .../galeon_1.3.10-3_powerpc.deb) ...Unpacking replacement galeon ...
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault.
> > > Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to
> > > recover:
> > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> > > Press return to continue.
> > >
> > > Frightening what ? ;) I tried manually removing the Galeon files but that
> > > didn't get me far either.
> > >
> > > I upgraded to sid with some trepidation, given my relative inexperience
> > > with Linux and Debian (I've only tried Debian) but I was beginning to
> > > find woody a bit limiting. Am I out of my depth here? "Oh yes he is",
> > > they cried ;)
> > >
> > > If someone could advise me how to expunge Galeon, I may be able to make
> > > progress ;)
> > >
> > dpkg --purge [whatever]
> >
> > otherwise, go back to woody. do not collect $200.
> Thanks a bunch Ben (I'd already tried dpkg -P galeon), but what the hell,
> it might have made a difference but.......
>
> sudo dpkg --purge galeon
> dpkg: error processing galeon (--purge):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> galeon
>
> The whole point is that I would prefer to overcome this little
> problemette and continue learning but thanks for the response ;)
>
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