Re: Problems with apt-get install

[Joris Huizer <jorishuizer@planet.nl>]

osoeder@gmx.de wrote:
> Can you help me to fix this? I really want to reinstall the system, I
> don´t know how I can repair it, wasted some hours with trying.
>
> mond:~# apt-get -f install
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   coreutils debconf debconf-i18n debianutils defoma desktop-base
> desktop-file-utils docbook-xml esound-common exim4 exim4-base
> exim4-config
>   exim4-daemon-light fontconfig gnome-desktop-data gnome-icon-theme
> gnome-mime-data hicolor-icon-theme libacl1 libart-2.0-2 libatk1.0-0
> libattr1
>   libaudiofile0 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libcroco3 libesd0
> libfontconfig1 libglade2-0 libglib2.0-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnutls11
> libgsf-1
>   libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libgstreamer0.8-0 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin
> libgtk2.0-common libice6 libidl0 libkrb53 libldap2
> liblocale-gettext-perl liblzo1
>   libnewt0.51 liborbit2 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libsm6
> libsmbclient libtext-iconv-perl libvte4 libx11-6 libxcursor1 libxext6
> libxft1 libxft2
>   libxi6 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6
> libxtrap6 libxtst6 scrollkeeper shared-mime-info slang1a-utf8
> ttf-bitstream-vera
>   ucf whiptail xfree86-common xlibs xlibs-data
> Suggested packages:
>   debconf-doc debconf-utils libterm-readline-gnu-perl libgnome2-perl
> libqt-perl libnet-ldap-perl libgnome-perl defoma-doc psfontmgr
> x-ttcidfont-conf
>   dfontmgr gnome kde wmaker docbook docbook-doc docbook-dsssl
> docbook-xsl eximon4 exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info esound gnutls-bin
> gstreamer0.8-tools
>   gstreamer0.8-plugins krb5-doc krb5-user ttf-kochi-gothic
> ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-thryomanes ttf-baekmuk ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp
> ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp
>   ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp x-window-system-core
> x-window-system twm x-window-manager xbase-clients xfonts-100dpi
> xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base
>   xfonts-scalable xlibs-dev xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xserver
> xterm x-terminal-emulator xutils
> Recommended packages:
>   libft-perl epiphany-browser konqueror www-browser libatk1.0-data
> esound-clients libglib2.0-data
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   gnome-session gnome-terminal
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   coreutils debconf-i18n defoma desktop-base desktop-file-utils
> docbook-xml esound-common exim4 exim4-base exim4-config
> exim4-daemon-light fontconfig
>   gnome-desktop-data gnome-icon-theme gnome-mime-data
> hicolor-icon-theme libacl1 libart-2.0-2 libatk1.0-0 libattr1
> libaudiofile0 libbonobo2-0
>   libbonobo2-common libcroco3 libesd0 libfontconfig1 libglade2-0
> libglib2.0-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnutls11 libgsf-1
> libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0
>   libgstreamer0.8-0 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libice6
> libidl0 libkrb53 liblocale-gettext-perl liblzo1 libnewt0.51 liborbit2
>   libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libsm6 libsmbclient
> libtext-iconv-perl libvte4 libx11-6 libxcursor1 libxext6 libxft1
> libxft2 libxi6 libxmu6 libxmuu1
>   libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6
> scrollkeeper shared-mime-info slang1a-utf8 ttf-bitstream-vera ucf
> whiptail xlibs-data
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   debconf debianutils libldap2 xfree86-common xlibs
> 5 upgraded, 71 newly installed, 2 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/28.0MB of archives.
> After unpacking 80.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
> debconf: (Neither whiptail nor dialog are installed, so the dialog
> based frontend cannot be used. at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 51, <> line 76.)
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> exim4-config.postinst: [WARN] Installed debconf version is broken.
> Aborting preconfigure.

Here's the problem

Try `dpkg-reconfigure debconf`, try which setting works;
Failing that, try `apt-get --reinstall install debconf`

if it doesn't, you'll have to fix this manually I think

Maybe this is not correct, but what I would try in that case:
- get a working debconf package:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/debconf - stable
http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/debconf - testing
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/debconf - unstable

then if you have it installed,
dpkg --purge debconf (completely removing the current installation of 
debconf)
dpkg -i debconf*.deb

(Can someone give some backup - especially on that manual way!)

HTH,

Joris