Russell, I did as you suggested, but it made no difference in the errors I received. I scripted the output of apt-get, which I have compressed and attached. Can you make sense of this? The errors seem to occur in /usr/lib/python1.5/* and /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/* Thanks for any additional suggestions. Regards, Russ On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Russell Shaw wrote: > Russ Cook wrote: > > Please help. I tried to upgrade my system, after a long period > > of stable operation. During the upgrade attempt, use apt-get > > dselect-upgrade, Zope failed to upgrade, due to pre remove script > > failure. Zope is currently installed at 2.3.3-1 level, trying to > > upgrade to 2.6.1-10. It is trying to run python-base, which apparently > > is no longer available, and not on my system. I did reinstall > > python1.5_1.5.2-27_i386.deb and python1.5-dev_1.5.2-27_i386.deb, from > > ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/python1.5. Additional problems are > > that startx no longer exists on my system, and I can't run X. I don't > > know if this is directly related, but dselect and apt-get fail during > > all attempts to upgrade due to zope and python script errors. > > > > I am not a sophisticated user, and apparently have done myself damage. > > Can anyone offer some steps for me to try to restore my system? I will > > be happy to provide a copy of 'dpkg -l' or any logs to anyone willing > > to help. > > First, make sure you have lines for "testing" in sources.list. > Then: apt-get update > > apt-cache search zope|sort > for a list of zope things. > > apt-get install -t testing zope > > if it stalls on any dependencies, then apt-get them too. > When that is complete, you can apt-get the X system. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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