Re: Help with apt
Subject: Help with apt
Date: Fri, May 07, 1999 at 03:04:48PM +0200
In reply to:Daniel Mashao
Quoting Daniel Mashao(daniel@comgate.ee.uct.ac.za):
> I cannot use apt-get at all. It seems to be working but then complains
> about a package that it cannot install. It says I must install it first
> then remove it. I cannot install the said package (gnotepad+) as the
> installer (dpkg) refuses. And finally I am in the chicken and egg
> problem.
>
> I have experienced similar problems before and would apprectiate any help
> to my specific problem. At the same time I would like to encourage all
> Debian maintainers to think about these kind of problems. They make Debian
> to look more like Windows (PLEASE take this in a good spirit. I like
> Debian a lot. In fact I am the only one using it locally) to me. I cannot
> understand why it does not work and I feel powerless to do anything. Apt
> cannot install anything even if it is not related to gnome (I have given
> up on getting it to work on my system) because it complains about the
> state of that package (gnomepad+).
>
> I have tried purging and removing apt (which works well) but I cannot use
> apt to install anything.
>
Daniel
I would like to help but there wasn't much info given (above) to
go by so....
VT1 root-Deb-Slink:~# dpkg -S gnotepad
dpkg: *gnotepad* not found.
VT1 root-Deb-Slink:~# dpkg -s apt
Package: apt
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1168
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Version: 0.3.2
[ snip ]
The only problem I had with this version is that of half package
installs ( Not apt's fault, mine). It wouldn't install a package
because dpkg had only half installed it. I found a solution to that
bu going to '/var/lib/dpkg/status', finding the offending program and
chainging 'Status: install ok installed' to 'Status: purge ok
not-installed'. Apt finally satisfied, then started to work.
BTW apt-0.3.2 is in potato and works great!
HTH
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