Re: dpkg -i * gives segmentation fault
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 05:35:25AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote:
> I was trying to upgrade to Woody. I've downloaded the
> packages and did the following through instructions
> (thank you by the way for all the help so far)
>
> # dpkg -i perl*
Where are you? /var/cache/apt/archives ?
This is last resort. This does not gurantee dependancies always.
> I only had one package for perl (seemed a little odd).
> I then tried to run:
> # dpkg -i *
This is even bolder.
> After a bunch of output, I got a segmentation fault.
Which package? Then install required package. Maybe libdb*
> I then went through to try to upgrade libraries as I
> was getting dependency problems and didn't know what
> forcing the upgrade would do.
>
> Then, I thought the best thing to do is to do an
> apt-get with dist-upgrade and --nodownload. I found
> out that the apt-get must have been upgraded because
> --nodownload is not recognized anymore.
Maybe upgrade apt first.
What is "apt-cache policy apt"?
> I can run pon and apt-get, dpkg, vi, vim, but not
> emacs right now.
> Am I cooked? And what information would you need to
> determine if I am?
Just be paitient and fix problems one-by-one My quick-reference has some
hint list to get out of situation like yours.
http://www.aokiconsulting.com/quick/
Good luck. :-)
> I'm considering using apt-get dselect-upgrade, is this
> viable now? Well, I got till tonight.
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