RE: dpkg error, can't install and can't uninstall libread*
Well depending on how many dependencys you have on libreadline5 you could do
the following
apt-get -y --purge remove libreadline5
and then reinstall libreadline5 and all the other packages that were removed
if any I only had gnupg depending on libreadline5
Thank you,
Mark Adrian Coetser
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: phyrster [mailto:phyrster@gmail.com]
> Sent: 17 October 2005 07:56 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: dpkg error, can't install and can't uninstall libread*
>
> On 16:53 Mon 17 Oct 2005, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> > phyrster wrote:
> > >
> > > ---------------
> > > #dpkg -i libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb
> > >
> > > Preparing to replace libreadline5 5.0-10 (using
> > > libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb) ...
> > >
> > > install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
> > >
> > > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > >
> > > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> > >
> > > dpkg: error processing libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb (--install):
> > > there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
> > > install-info: unrecognized option `--description=GNU Readline Library
> API
> > > (v5)'
> > > Try `install-info --help' for a complete list of options.
> > > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > > libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb
> > >
> > > ---------------
> > >
> > > I tried to reinstall, purge or another dist-upgrade but nothing
> changed. It
> > > seems to me that the last resort is to reinstall the whole system.
> What
> > > shall I do?
> > >
> >
> > The libreadline .deb you have is corrupt. You could remove the
> > offending file from /var/cache/apt/archives and apt-get -f install.
>
> Exact the same error occurred after I follow what you said. I can't either
> install or purge that package and the installation of all the other
> packages
> are held back.
>
> regards
>
> bxuef
>
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