Re: Installation: error messages
John Pearson wrote:
Thank you!
Nice web-site!
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>
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 04:43:41PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote
> > Hello Debians!
> >
> > I just installed 2.1 slink (one more time) and got these messages at the
> > end of the dselect package installation:
> >
> > ----------------
> > Errors were encountered while processing
> >
> > gs
> > gv
> > pstotext
> > pstoedit
> > ghostview
> >
> > Installation script returned error exit status 1.
> >
>
> This happens because the order that dselect unpacks and
> configures packages in is sometimes not quite right.
>
> If you see messages like this after selecting "Install",
> try selecting "Configure", then "Remove", and then "Install"
> again. That will usually fix things.
>
> > mv: /var/lib/pdmenu//pdmenurc_auto.new : No such file or directory
> >
> > Update-menus: Cannot remove lockfile /var/run/update-menus.pid
> > ----------------
> >
>
> Not necessarily anything to worry about, providing the
> menus work :-.
>
> > I would be very grateful if someone could inform me about the importance
> > of these messages and in what way they effect my system.
> >
> > I have installed 2.1 several times but never managed to configure it to
> > my satisfaction, no internet connection and no sound for example, and i
> > have REALLY tried. I really would like to use Debian/GNU instead of SuSE
> > which i otherwise have as my default OS.
> >
> Good luck,
>
> John P.
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