Re: xserver-xfree86 fiasco!

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Kevin Mark wrote:

> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 09:54:53PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
>  
>
> > Kevin Mark wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > > after a recent dist-upgrade, there was some kind of installation error
> > > which I tried to fix. After various attempts, I made things worse and
> > > now I can not install xserver-xfree86.
> > > This is the installation messages:
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > apt-get install xserver-xfree86
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > <snip>
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > I believe I'd start by removing /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86* 
> > and then trying again, just in the event that that file is corrupt.
> >
> >    
> Hi Kent,
> done! no luck.
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> -Kev
>  
Hmm, I just did an "apt-cache search xserver-xfree86" and didn't see any 
packages that match the deb name you use above. Perhaps you're pulling 
from a non-Debian repository, and their packages are broken?

--
Kent