Re: dpkg error: unable to make backup link of '...'

["ying lcs" <yinglcs@gmail.com>]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Florian Kulzer
<florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 04:25:03 -0700, yinglcs wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have been getting this dpkg error: unable to make backup link of '...'.
>> I have been posting my question on various forum and I still cant' resolve
>> it.
>>
>> dpkg: error processing
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-encodings_1%3a1.0.2-3_all.deb
>> (--unpack):
>>  unable to make backup link of
>> `./usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large/big5hkscs-0.enc.gz' before
>> installing new version: Operation not permitted
>> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/python-gnome2-extras_2.19.1-0ubuntu7_i386.deb
>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-encodings_1%3a1.0.2-3_all.deb
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>> The closest thing I can find in google is this bug report.
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/93320
>>
>> But i don't know how to solve my problem.
>>
>> I appreciate if anyone can help.
>
> Have a look at the output of
>
> lsattr /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large/big5hkscs-0.enc.gz
>
> If you see any problematic attributes then you can change them with the
> "chattr" command.
>
> (Send the "lsattr ..." output to the list if you are not sure what it
>  means.)
>

thank you.

I get this:

$ lsattr /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large/big5hkscs-0.enc.gz
--SDi-dAc-Z-E---T- /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large/big5hkscs-0.enc.gz

How to change using 'chattr' command?


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