Re: debconf error
On 8/20/05, Kevin B. McCarty <kmccarty@princeton.edu> wrote:
> L.V.Gandhi wrote:
>
> > While configuring debconf I opted for kde. But when I configure any
> > package now I get the following error.
> > debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde
> > debconf: (Can't locate Qt.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl
> > /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5
> > /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8
> > /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at
> > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Kde/Wizard.pm line 7, <> line 1.)
> > debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
> >>From where to get Qt.pm. I am running debian sarge in dell inspiron 600m.
>
> Hello,
>
> For answers to this sort of question ("What package contains file X?")
> there are two good sources of information. I wish they were more widely
> known so the frequency of this question was reduced.
>
> The first is http://packages.debian.org - go there, scroll to the bottom
> of the page, and fill out the form "Search the contents of packages".
> Make sure to select your correct distribution and architecture. Going
> here, for i386 unstable, I find that Qt.pm is in the libqt-perl package.
>
> The second is to install the apt-file package, run "apt-file update" as
> root, and then (can be as a normal user) run "apt-file search filename"
> with filename being the name of the desired file.
>
> A third method is to run "dpkg -S filename" but this only works if the
> package containing filename is already installed on your computer.
>
> Note that none of these methods will be able to find files (usually in
> /var or /etc) that are created dynamically upon package installation;
> /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub is an example of such a file. You may be
> able to find creators of some of these files by grepping for the
> filename in /var/lib/dpkg/info where the package installation and
> removal scripts are stored. I believe there is work on dpkg ongoing
> that will eventually fix this deficiency.
Thanks Alex and kevin. I have come to know from some other list it is
in libqt-perl. I have already installed it.
--
L.V.Gandhi
http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/
linux user No.205042
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