Re: dpkg is giving me errors

[Michael Heldebrant <Heldebrant.Michael@mayo.edu>]

On Sun, 2001-09-16 at 11:54, Dave Smith wrote:
> When I try to install some packages with dpkg, I get the error 
> 
> Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a2.3.0p1-0.11_i386.deb) ...
> Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debian::DebConf::Question" at 
> /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 31.
> 
> The system was only installed today, so it is unlikely to be very corrupt. 
> Can anyone help me solve this problem?

Is perl also slated to be upgraded?  If it is, try to dpkg -i perl from
your /var/cache/apt/archives directory and try again. 

--mike