On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 11:02:34AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ding.list is a file that is part of the ding .deb > > package. > > > > if you look at it, it will tell you where all the files that > > ding installed are. > > > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ding.postinst is the post-install script > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ding.postrm is the post-remove scirpt > > .../ding.preinst is the pre-install script > > .../ding.prerm is the pre-remove script > > > > check them and see which line is causing the problem. > > > > if needed, comment a line out, if this helps you remove or purge or > > reinstall. and then re/install it and see if this fixes the problem. > > > > BUT if you have to change a script, its a bug. If you found it, > > thousands of others will too, so file a report to speed up the bug-fix > > process! > > Interesting, but I'm still stuck. I didn't see now to change the start > up script to get around the problem. So I did the following in an > attempt to start with a clean slate: > > # aptitude purge ding > deleted /var/...archives/ding > check in /var/lib/dpkg/info to make sure there were no ding files > # aptitude update > # aptitude install ding Wouldn't you also need to delete ~/.dingrc? > > When I then run the application, I still get the same error (unknown > color name "" in startup script) when I run # ding. Does that mean > that there's definitely a bug? It ran once nicely, but in looking at > the color preferences options, I thought I did it some damange, but > apparently its more than just this. And yet there's no bug reports > like this, and I keep thinking the problem is with me. > > All I needed was a simple graphical interface for dict (gsdict seems a > nuisance), and I may have started with one that is problematic. > > -- > Haines Brown > brownh@hartford-hwp.com > kb1grm@arrl.net > www.hartford-hwp.com > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Jerome
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