Installing xbase-3.1.2-2.deb

[Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com>]

I'm trying to install the xbase & xstd-3.1.2-1.deb packages. I am
using dpkg; version 0.93.31

I've run into a few minor problems. If anyone has had any similar
experiences, or knows a few tricks for installation, I would be thankful
for any advice.

The xlib-3.1.2-1, xman-3.1.2-1 & xvga16 installed without errors, however
xbase reported some errors:

tar: Could not create symlink to console: File exists
dpkg-deb: subprocess tar returned error exit status 2
dpkg - error: xbase: failed to install (exit status 1) (skipping this package)
dpkg: 1 errors occurred.

Installation of xstd reported errors of dependency based on xbase.

Listed below is the output of an attempted reinstall of xbase, after
xlib, xman, xstd & xvga16 were installed (only xbase & xstd report
installation errors):

Unpacking /usr/local/packages/xbase-3.1.2-2.deb, containing xbase ...
Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm'.
no /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm found; none killed.
Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs'.
no /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs found; none killed.
tar: Could not create symlink to ../Xsession: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to ../Xsession: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to /etc/X11/rstart/config: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to x11r6: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to x11r6: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to x11r6: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to x11r6: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to /etc/X11/xsm/system.xsm: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to /etc/X11/xfs/config: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to /etc/X11/XF86Config: File exists
tar: Could not create symlink to console: File exists
dpkg-deb: subprocess tar returned error exit status 2
dpkg - error: xbase: failed to install (exit status 1) (skipping this package)
dpkg: 1 errors occurred.

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Thanks,

Barry Masterson



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	jbarrm@panix.com                          jbarrm@dorsai.org
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