Re: I cannot install anything!

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Roger Creasy wrote:

> I just reinstalled my Sarge system. Everytime that I try to install a
> package, using Kpackage, I get the following error:
>
> E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the
> essential package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This
> is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the
> APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
> E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs
> RESULT=100
>
> What is wrong?

My guess is that you're installing from a Sarge 3.0 CD, which had a bug
in it, as the /etc/apt/sources.list file was still pointing to testing
instead of stable.

What does your /etc/apt/sources.list file look like?

-- 
Kent