Re: HELP: my system is still screwed....
Have you tried to --force anything? You can probably force it to install the new apt,
but who knows what it will do then. I bet it fixes the file list though.
-Aaron Solochek
leko@cmu.edu
Bruno Boettcher wrote:
> 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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