More Dpkg Broken errors
I tried Andreas' suggestion, and this is what happens:
# apt-get --fix-broken remove procmail
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
procmail
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 236kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 20506
EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 20512
EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 21010
EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 20574
EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 20576
EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 23665
dpkg: error processing procmail (--remove):
files list file for package `procmail' contains empty filename
Errors were encountered while processing:
procmail
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Can anyone advise how to fix please. I'm running potato with Kernel
2.2.17. Am I going to have to reinstall (please no)?
TIA
Kieren Diment
(original message and reply below)
> Kieren Diment wrote:
> >
> > I was trying to install LyX, with dpkg -i lyx*.deb, but was told that libforms0.89 was not installed.
> >
> > So after that I kept making errors, downloading libforms-bin and
> > installing that by mistake, downloading libforms and Lyx for the wrong
> > Architecture (Mk68 and Sparc) by mistake. I finally got the correct
> > deb files on my local machine and tried (as root)
> >
> > # dpkg -i libforms0.89_0.89-9.deb
> >
> > and got the following error message
> >
> > Selecting previously deselected package libforms0.89.
> > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing libforms0.89_0.89-9.deb (--install):
> > files list file for package `procmail' contains empty filename
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > libforms0.89_0.89-9.deb
> > Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
> >
> > The same error was generated when I tried a-t-get remove procmail
> > (thought that re-installing procmail might cure the problem), and now
> > my system is un-upgradeable.
> >
> > Can anyone help me fix dpkg. I just found that I was making too many
> > trpoes with LaTeX commands and not identifying them until it was too
> > late, , and I would like an easier life with LxY.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Kd
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 08:17:26PM +1000, Andreas Hatz wrote:
> Have you tried:
>
> # apt-get --fix-broken remove
> # apt-get --fix-broken install
>
> ?
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