Re: Apt-get problem with libc

[David P James <dpjames@rogers.com>]

Curtis Call was roused into action on 2003-01-24 15:57 and wrote:
> Disclaimer, I'm a novice so bear with me.  I've run into some problems with
> apt-get.  Currently, when trying to use 'apt-get -f install' to clean things
> up I continue to get this error:
>
> ogd2jpr6908:/home/curtis# apt-get -f install
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   libc6
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libc6
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
> 1 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/3191kB of archives. After unpacking 12.4MB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
> (Reading database ... 11 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking libc6 (from .../libc6_2.3.1-10_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg not recorded as installed, cannot check for epoch support !
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.1-10_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
>  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.1-10_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> I noticed that dpkg is complaining that perhaps it isn't installed?  Any ideas
> of how to go about fixing this?

No ideas but I have the exact same problem so you're not alone (and I've 
been using Debian for 2-3 years now). Myself, I was trying to install a 
Mozilla snapshot as it contains a new type of spam filter when I ran 
into this problem.

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David P. James
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