Re: Recovering from accidental debconf removal

[Douglas Bates <bates@franz.stat.wisc.edu>]

Douglas Bates <bates@cs.wisc.edu> writes:

> 521# dpkg -i /var/tmp/debconf_0.2.80.16.deb 
> (Reading database ... 64872 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace debconf 0.2.80.16 (using /var/tmp/debconf_0.2.80.16.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement debconf ...
> Setting up debconf (0.2.80.16) ...
> Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debconf::Question" at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Config.pm line 76.
> dpkg: error processing debconf (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  debconf

I also tried debconf_0.2.80.17_all.deb and
debconf-tiny_0.2.80.17_all.deb from the potato_proposed_updates
distribution with similar results.

505# dpkg -i debconf_0.2.80.17_all.deb 
dpkg: considering removing debconf-tiny in favour of debconf ...
debconf-tiny is not properly installed - ignoring any dependencies on it.
dpkg: yes, will remove debconf-tiny in favour of debconf.
(Reading database ... 64916 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace debconf 0.2.80.17 (using debconf_0.2.80.17_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement debconf ...
Setting up debconf (0.2.80.17) ...
Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debconf::Question" at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Config.pm line 76.
dpkg: error processing debconf (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 debconf