Re: Solved: evolution does not start

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 00:16:04 +0200, wauhugo AT yahoo DOT com wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:

[...]

>> It might also help to check the md5sums of all files from the evolution
>> and the libdb4.4 package:
>>
>> debsums -a evolution libdb4.4 | grep -v OK$
>>   
> debsums -a evolution libdb4.4 | grep -v OK$
> debsums: no md5sums for libdb4.4
>> Maybe a file got corrupted.
>
> That is it.
> debsums had not been installed.
> sleuthkit (/bin/md5) had not been installed.
> md5 libdb4.4_4.4.20-8_i386.deb
> revealed a different checksum, than the checksum published here:
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/download.pl?arch=i386&file=
> pool%2Fmain%2Fd%2Fdb4.4%2Flibdb4.4_4.4.20-8_i386.deb&md5sum=
> 90cebbe1a1b15485dd85d24fa4895e3e&arch=i386&type=main
>
> I have eliminated all .deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives
> and after apt-get install --reinstall libdb4.4
> (NET-INSTALL)
> Have I got a running EVOLUTION.

That is nice. You might want to check your hard drive a bit now; the
corrupted .deb file might be a sign of trouble with your hard disk.
You could have a look at the "smartmontools" package, for example.

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