Re: dpkg install problem
Why don't you try dpkg -r gzip.
Then dpkg -i gzip_1.2.4-15.deb and see what happens.
I hope this helps.
Paul
On Thu, 15 May 1997, Ken Lauffenburger wrote:
> Hello,
>
> OK you dpkg experts, what is the best way out of this one:
>
> gecko# dpkg -i gzip_1.2.4-15.deb
> (Reading database ... 2582 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace gzip 1.2.4-15 (using gzip_1.2.4-15.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement gzip ...
> install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing gzip_1.2.4-15.deb (--install):
> subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> gzip_1.2.4-15.deb
> gecko#
>
> This occurs while attempting to re-install the broken package gzip. I
> believe the package became broken because I ran out of space on my root
> partition while installing several packages, gzip among them. Since this
> is a secondary system with a small drive, I decided to jetison all the
> man, info (GNU info, not dpkg), and doc files to free up space. Maybe
> this is what dpkg is complaining about now. Or maybe some dpkg info
> files were not able to be updated when the partition was full.
>
> The system runs fine now . In fact, it seems that the updated gzip package
> that dpkg thinks is broken is actually installed and executable. Two
> other packages in this same state are ldso and tar. I'm not too
> worried about gzip and tar--I can just ftp those executables from my
> other system and forget about dpkg--but everything depends on ldso, and
> I can't get dpkg to install most other packages.
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>
> --ken
>
>
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