shock wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:Do you mean that installing any package fails because apt-get first tries to install perl and perl-base and stops at that point? If that is the case, you may want to put these packages on hold, and then run apt-get again to install the other packages.yes, that is what i mean. how do i put these packages on hold?
I usually do it this way:As root, run dselect. When you get the menu, do an [U]pdate. Then do [S]elect and search for the perl and perl-base packages. When the package name is high-lighted, type "=". You can then quit dselect and try running apt-get again. When you want to remove the hold, run deselect again and type "+" when the package name is high-lighted.
If it has been a while since you did an upgrade, you may want to "apt-get dist-upgrade" instead of just upgrade.
I hope this helps. -- Jerome