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Re: debian install



on Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 11:14:53AM -0800, allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx (abest@rl76065.cup.hp.com) wrote:
> hello:
> 
> i got the following error while trying to install debian in the dselect stage:
> 
> E: Internal Error, couldn't configure a pre-depend. Some errors occurred
>     while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed.
>     This may be result in duplicate errors or errors caused by missing
>     dependencies.
> 
>     This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix
>     them and run [I]nstall again.

Try one of the following 'fixit' recipies:

    $ apt-get install -f	# tries to fix broken deps.
    $ dpkg --configure -a	# configures all partially installed packages

...then try your dselect [I]nstall again.

I tend not to use dselect at all if possible.

Peace.

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