Re: More Dpkg Broken errors
You should just run the command "apt-get --fix-broken install" without
any package names. Also make shure you have done apt-get update
recently. It is almost never worth re-installing just because of a small
problem :)
Kieren Diment wrote:
>
> 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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