Re: problem while installing debconf

[Borut Mrak <borut.mrak@ijs.si>]

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 01:50:51PM +0100, Baudin maxime wrote:
> for several versions now,
> dpkg -i debconf returns an error message:
> 
> Unpacking replacement debconf ...
> Setting up debconf (0.2.32) ...
> dpkg: error processing debconf (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  debconf
> 
> where can I find more details about the problem,
> I'd like to correct it.

apt-get install libnewt0
dpkg --configure debconf

and it should work.

whiptail on sparc does not depend on libnewt0, but it should. It has
beenreported, see bug #50165

bye,

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Borut
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