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Re: Unable to properly install 2 packages



Marty, thank you !

I clobbered my clunky version of guile-1.6.postinst with the one you
supplied, and voila.

I never took any time to delve into the innards of the install system on
Debian since I never had any problems. Well, tonite is the nite ! :)

Thanks for getting me out of this predicament.

Regards,

Jeff

On Tue, 2005-31-05 at 22:01 -0400, Marty wrote:
> J.F.Gratton wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-31-05 at 21:24 -0400, Marty wrote:
> >> J.F.Gratton wrote:
> >> [snip snip]
> >> > Setting up guile-1.6 (1.6.7-1) ...
> >> > dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec
> >> > format error
> >> > dpkg: error processing guile-1.6 (--configure):
> >> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> >> 
> >> That script would be /var/lib/dpkg/info/guile-1.6.postinst
> > 
> > OK, here's a start. 'cept that the file looks some kind of informational
> > file used by apt/dpkg, *not* a script file or anything
> 
> Oh my. That's bad!
> 
>   (at the bottom of
> > this message you'll have the contents of the file.
> 
> Well, I don't see it down there, but here ar the contents of my version:
> 
> --------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> set -e
> 
> if [ "$1" != "upgrade" ] ; then
>      update-alternatives \
>        --install /usr/bin/guile guile /usr/bin/guile-1.6 160 \
>        --slave /usr/bin/guile-config guile-config /usr/bin/guile-1.6-config \
>        --slave /usr/bin/guile-snarf guile-snarf /usr/bin/guile-1.6-snarf \
>        --slave /usr/bin/guile-tools guile-tools /usr/bin/guile-1.6-tools
> fi
> 
> # Automatically added by dh_installmenu
> if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ]; then update-menus ; fi
> # End automatically added section
> -----------------------
> 
> Looks like something got clobbered in your installation attempt.
> 
> > 
> >> If it exists and is uncorrupted, then you can try to debug it manually,
> >> or else just try purging the package and starting over again.
> > 
> > As the file does not contain any commands, I don't see anything to
> > debug.
> > 
> > My question remains, then:
> > 
> >> > 
> >> > How do I get out of the "Exec format error" ?
> >> > 
> >> > On a related topic : is there a way to make apt "forget" a package,
> >> > and/or completely purge it from the disk, its installed packages list,
> >> > etc ? Just so I'd be able to reinstall it or a newer version sometime
> >> > later ?
> >> 
> >> dpkg -P <pkg-name>
> > 
> > OK, OK, my question was poorly phrased :). I've been using Deb for
> > now... 4-5 years, so hopefully I know about dpkg :) What I meant to ask
> > is how do I completely dump a package (manually remove all traces of it)
> > when apt-get remove and dpkg -P fail ? My problem with guile is not only
> > when I try to install it, but also when I try to remove/purge the
> > package.
> 
> The only thing that comes to mind is dlocate or cruft.  Maybe others have
> better suggestions.
> 
> 
>   You see, I had a power failure when dist-upgrading my system.
> 
> Yep.  That could easily explain it.  :-)
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks again,
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
> > 
> 
> 



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