Re: I broke apache and hacked a fix, but what happened and how do I fix it properly?
From: "Ivan Uemlianin" <iau@ukfsn.org>
>
> I had a perfectly good Apache installation; broke it (by accident) and
> hacked a fix. But I'd like to know what happened and how to fix it
> properly.
>
> The error I was getting is:
>
> debian:/# apache
>
> apache: error while loading shared libraries: libdb.so.2: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> 2. I tried installing anjuta_0.9.99-1_i386.deb with dpkg -i and got this
> message:
>
> Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree...
> Sorry, anjuta is already the newest version.
> You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> anjuta: Depends: libdb3 (>= 3.2.9-17) but 3.2.9-16 is to be installed
> Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.1-1) but 2.0.9-1 is to be installed
> Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2 (>= 0.18.0-1) but 0.17.0-2 is to be
> installed
> Depends: libpopt0 (>= 1.6.4) but 1.6.2-7 is to be installed
> locales: Depends: glibc-2.2.5-6
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
> specify a solution).
>
> 3. Found and installed the required packages, again with dpkg -i.
>
> 4. Had a go with Anjuta - didn't like it (no offence meant).
>
> 5. Uninstalled all those debs, reinstalled the originals, using dselect.
>
> 6. Now, trying to run apache gets this message:
>
> apache: error while loading shared libraries: libdb.so.2: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory
Reinstalling either libdb2 or libdb3 would probably fix it. Since removing
libdb3 didn't seem to force removal of other packages, you probably don't need
it, but I think you need one or the other.
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