problem with apt-get
Hi, sorry if it looks like a FAQ, but I can't solve this problem by myself.
I have installed two version of qmail, one following "Debian qmail Anleitung
v1.2" (which doesn't work correclty) and one following LifeWithQmail (which
is working fine now).
After the second installation I have some problem with apt-get
When I try to install anything (like: # apt-get install squirrelmail) it
tell me that:
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
qmail-sv: PreDepends: qmail but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify
a solution).
So I receive this message when I try to follow the above instruction:
# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
qmail-sv
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
4 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 73.7kB will be freed.
(Reading database ... 15241 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing qmail-sv ...
svc: warning: unable to control /etc/sv/qmail: supervise not running
dpkg - warning: while removing qmail-sv, directory `/etc/sv/qmail' not empty
so not removed.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/qmail-sv.postrm: /etc/init.d/qmail: No such file or
directory
dpkg: error processing qmail-sv (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
qmail-sv
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Please help, I dont' know how to solve this problem.
I tried to make svc to supervise /etc/sv/qmail, I created a fake
/etc/init.d/qmail but it doesn't helped.
I tried also with:
#dselect
5. [R]emove
but it doesnt' solve the problem and give me this:
running dpkg --pending --remove ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of mysql-common:
libmysqlclient10 depends on mysql-common.
dpkg: error processing mysql-common (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
(Reading database ... 17443 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing qmail-sv ...
svc: warning: unable to control /etc/sv/qmail: supervise not running
/var/lib/dpkg/info/qmail-sv.postrm: /etc/init.d/qmail: No such file or
directory
dpkg: error processing qmail-sv (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of qmail:
qmail-sv depends on qmail.
dpkg: error processing qmail (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of svtools:
qmail-sv depends on svtools.
dpkg: error processing svtools (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of daemontools:
qmail-sv depends on daemontools.
dpkg: error processing daemontools (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of daemontools-run:
daemontools depends on daemontools-run (>= 0.76.1).
dpkg: error processing daemontools-run (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-common
qmail-sv
qmail
svtools
daemontools
daemontools-run
Ciao
Marco
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