On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 00:03 -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I was using Ethereal, and reading the docs, when I realized the docs were for > a newer version, so I added it with: > > apt-get install etherial=.10.??-? -t testing > > (I can't remember the exact version number that I found was available.) > > This caused a problem with libgtk2.0-bin, where I kept getting an error that > the post-install script exited with error code 1. I finally found the > script, and the error was because it wasn't being called with an argument. > At this point, I couldn't install this package, I couldn't remove it, > configure it or do anything. With nothing else to do, I deleted all the > related files in /var/dpkg/info/ that were related to this package, and tried > to re-install and got the same errors. I removed the deb file > from /var/apt/cache, re-removed the files in /var/dpkg/info, and tried to > re-install. > > I couldn't, so I removed it, which removed a ton of other packages. I tried > re-installing and found I had to use libgtk2.0-bin >=2.6x. At this point, no > matter what I do, I can't fully remove or install this package. I did > install it, and started reinstalling a number of the packages it forced to > remove. None of the re-installed programs run, giving me an error, like this > from Abiword: > > abiword: relocation error: /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: > g_filename_display_name > > So, at this point, I don't even have gdm available, so I don't want to log out > of my session (which, since I work at home, I don't do that often anyway). > > So how can I wipe anything connected with this package and make sure it > installs correctly, so I can re-install all the packages that depend on it (I > copied and pasted a list of all the packages it removed)? > > I'm pushing hard on another project that I *HAVE* to finish, and at this > point, I don't dare reboot or even log out of KDE because I don't want to > have to deal with all the programs that won't restart with this package (and > all that depended on it) removed. I do NOT have time to re-install my > workstation. > > Any suggestions? Hi, Hal. Aren't you running Mepis, i.e., a mixed system? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Americans hate foreign policy because Americans hate foreigners, because they *are* foreigners, and came to this country to get away from the bad things." P.J. O'Rourke, satirist, 2004-06-25, Fox News Channel
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