Re: apt-get upgrade woes
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:26:06PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
>> drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Nov 6 15:35 /usr/info/
>
>OK, it may be a permission/ownership problem. Does the problem go away if
>you try the dpkg line again after you've done
> chmod 755 /usr/info
> chmod 644 /usr/info/dir
> chown root:root /usr/info/dir
>?
>
[~]: dpkg -i util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 20068 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to replace util-linux 2.11h-1 (using
util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb) ...
install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! Operation not permitted
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! Operation not permitted
dpkg: error processing util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! Operation not permitted
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb
Sorry. No joy.
Patrick
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