Re: Installation: error messages
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 04:43:41PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote
> Hello Debians!
>
> I just installed 2.1 slink (one more time) and got these messages at the
> end of the dselect package installation:
>
> ----------------
> Errors were encountered while processing
>
> gs
> gv
> pstotext
> pstoedit
> ghostview
>
> Installation script returned error exit status 1.
>
This happens because the order that dselect unpacks and
configures packages in is sometimes not quite right.
If you see messages like this after selecting "Install",
try selecting "Configure", then "Remove", and then "Install"
again. That will usually fix things.
> mv: /var/lib/pdmenu//pdmenurc_auto.new : No such file or directory
>
> Update-menus: Cannot remove lockfile /var/run/update-menus.pid
> ----------------
>
Not necessarily anything to worry about, providing the
menus work :-.
> I would be very grateful if someone could inform me about the importance
> of these messages and in what way they effect my system.
>
> I have installed 2.1 several times but never managed to configure it to
> my satisfaction, no internet connection and no sound for example, and i
> have REALLY tried. I really would like to use Debian/GNU instead of SuSE
> which i otherwise have as my default OS.
>
Good luck,
John P.
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