Re: Error installing packages in Etch
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 17:34, Sam Morris wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:44:37 -0800, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> > dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-installation script:
> > permission denied
> > dpkg: error
> > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openssh-server_1%3a4.3p2-2_i386.deb
> > (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status
> > 2 dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new post-removal script:
> > Permission denied
> > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
>
> If <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=58859> ever gets fixed
> then this message will become more informative.
>
> The first error is that the new package's preinst script failed. Switch to
> an empty directory and run:
>
> dpkg-deb -e /var/cache/apt/archives/openssh-server_1%3a4.3p2-2_i386.deb
>
> There should then exist a file, DEBIAN/preinst that you can begin to debug
> with.
>
> You could also just file a bug against openssh-server for failing to
> install correctly. :)
I will try that.
The problem in this case is that I got the same error message trying to
install the kernel-image-2.6-smp as well as libc6-i686. Haven't tried other
packages yet.
Thanks.
j
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