HELP: my system is still screwed....
hello,
trying to upgrade doesn't work anymore on my system, its state is not very
good, i lost X.... and the package list is a mess.... i admit that with all
the tries to restaurate the system it went deeper and deeper in a worse
fashion...
e.g. trying to install the latest apt:
dpkg -i apt_0.3.14_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package apt.
(Reading database ...
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `apt-find' missing,
assuming package has no files currently installed.
77650 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace apt 0.3.14 (using apt_0.3.14_i386.deb) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old pre-removal script: No such file or
directory
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-removal script: No such file or
directory
dpkg: error processing apt_0.3.14_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: No such file or
directory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt_0.3.14_i386.deb
now why can't this tool give back which files it tryed to find (with their
path) alone noth found is far from helpful.... at least since the pre and
postremoval scripts are where i think they are supposed to be:
ll /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.7k Nov 8 05:36 /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst
the disks are ok, i checked them....
dpkg --configure -a, apt-get upgrade, apt-get install etc
isn't useful since it screws itself up with all the dependency problems...
most packages are in the state:
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration.
making it impossible to reinstall or remove them.....
so there should be a solution somewhere????
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ciao bboett
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