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Re: Error using apt-get install



David J. Kanter (djkanter@nwu.edu) wrote:

> I tried this, but I still get the same error. Any other ideas?

> > > update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/ntpdate: file does not exist
> > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ntpdate.postinst: /etc/init.d/ntpdate: No such file or
> > > directory

> > touch /etc/init.d/ntpdate
> > 
> > Then retry your installation.

Did the 'touch' command work?

Do you have an /etc/init.d/ntpdate file?

Does it still say "No such file or directory"?

If all else fails, you may need to edit
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ntpdate.postinst and take out the part that tries to
run update-rc.d.  But I'd only do that as a very last resort.

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