Re: HELP - installing broken libglib1.2-dev
Two questions:
1. You are root running apt-get or dselect right?
2. Have you tried purging the dev packages instead of just removing
them and then blasting any dir it says it can't delete manually?
--mike
On 10 Aug 2001 04:10:06 -0700, Jatin Golani wrote:
> Hi ppl,
>
> I'm trying to install the GTK development libraries
> libgtk1.2-dev and it needs libglib1.2-dev....a
> previous attempt to do this had resulted in a broken
> libglib1.2-dev....I've tried to remove it but I
> can't....I've downloaded the .deb for the library and
> if I try to reinstall I get the following message:
> -------------------------------------------------
> Preparing to replace libglib1.2-dev 1.2.7-2 (using
> libglib1.2-dev_1.2.7-2.deb)...
>
> install-info: failed to lock dir! for editing. No such
> file or directory
>
>
> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error
> exit status 2
>
> dpkg: trying script from new package instead..
>
> Document 'glib-docs' is not installed, cannot remove.
>
> install-info: failed to lock dir! for editing. No such
> file or directory
>
> dpkg: error processing libglib1.2-dev_1.2.7-2.deb
> (--install): subprocess new pre-removal script
> returned error exit status 2
>
> install-info: failed to lock dir! for editing. No such
> file or directory
>
> dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess
> post-installation script returned error exit status 2
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libglib1.2-dev_1.2.7-2.deb
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Could someone explain what the above means??? I'm very
> new to this....have tried removing it but the same
> fate :(....I'm desperate and have been trying
> everything i could think of....pls help someone
>
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