Re: Trouble installing (and/or removing) gsfonts-x11
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:42:39 -0500 (EST) Andreas Boman <bomana@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having problems getting gsfonts-x11 installed (using
> unstable/sid -quite by accident, thought I was getting woody :).
>
> It seems that whatever I do the problem just will not go
> away. Below are some of the things I have tried, and the
> errors I get. The 15 packages that are not upgraded on my
> system seem to be held back by gsfonts-x11.
>
> thanks for any help.
> Andreas
>
>
>
> # dpkg -C
> The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during
> installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
> that depend on them) to function properly:
> gsfonts-x11 Make Ghostscript fonts available to
> X11.
>
> # apt-get install -f gsfonts-x11
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, gsfonts-x11 is already the newest version
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
> 1 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/6990B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Selecting previously deselected package gsfonts-x11.
> (Reading database ... 68379 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace gsfonts-x11 0.12 (using .../gsfonts-x11_0.12_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement gsfonts-x11 ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/gsfonts-x11.postrm: /usr/sbin/update-fonts-scale: No such file or directory
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: /usr/sbin/update-fonts-scale: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gsfonts-x11_0.12_all.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: /usr/sbin/update-fonts-scale: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/gsfonts-x11_0.12_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> # dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq gsfonts-x11
> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> (Reading database ... 68379 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing gsfonts-x11 ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/gsfonts-x11.postrm: /usr/sbin/update-fonts-scale: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing gsfonts-x11 (--remove):
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> gsfonts-x11
>
>
>
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