Re: dpkg 1.7.0 warning
Manually link /usr/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl-5.6; repeat;
update-alternatives --auto perl;
/var/lib/dpkg/info/perl-5.6-base.postinst configure 5.6-1
Gordon Sadler wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 07:19:00PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Gordon Sadler wrote:
> > > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
> > > 6 packages not fully installed or removed.
> > > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> > > /bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or directory
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code (127)
> > > E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
> >
> > Move /etc/apt/apt.conf out of the way; your perl is broken.
>
> Thanks for the fast reply, however...
> I did this
> cd /etc/apt
> mv apt.conf apt.conf.org
> sudo apt-get upgrade
> .
> .
> .
> Setting up perl-5.6 (5.6.0-1) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/perl-5.6.postinst: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing perl-5.6 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.6-suid:
> perl-5.6-suid depends on perl-5.6 (= 5.6.0-1); however:
> Package perl-5.6 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing perl-5.6-suid (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Setting up developers-reference (2.8.1) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/developers-reference.postinst: /usr/sbin/install-docs: No suc
> h file or directory
> dpkg: error processing developers-reference (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Setting up gnuplot (3.7.1p1-4) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnuplot.postinst: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: No such file o
> r directory
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnuplot.postinst: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: No such file o
> r directory
> dpkg: error processing gnuplot (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.6-debug:
> perl-5.6-debug depends on perl-5.6 (= 5.6.0-1); however:
> Package perl-5.6 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing perl-5.6-debug (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.6-thread:
> perl-5.6-thread depends on perl-5.6 (= 5.6.0-1); however:
> Package perl-5.6 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing perl-5.6-thread (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> perl-5.6
> .
> .
> .
>
> I know this looks long winded, but that is the results I got. Any
> ideas or suggestions?
>
> Thanks again.
--
see shy jo
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