RE: Apt Get Barfs
On 14-Oct-2001 Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I'm new to Debian but not new to Linux.
>
> Just tried running ' apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' on my
> Debain 2.2 r3 system. It updated itself and then it came up with an
> error message......
>
> "E: The package kernel-image-2.4.9-586 needs to be reinstalled, but I
> can't find an archive for it."
>
> At that point it refused to go any further. Anyone know what this
> might be about and how to fix it ?
>
is this your kernel or was it a Debian package? Basically you have a package
that it can not find anywhere but for some reason needs to fix. Easy solutions
are installing your own kernel or installing a new Debian one.
Otherwise find out why apt thinks it needs to reinstall it.
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