Re: ed 1.33 install errors

[Rob Bochan <rbochan@gmail.com>]

On Monday 01 June 2009 08:53:19 pm Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Script started on Mon Jun 1 20:50:14 2009
> localhost:~# aptitude install ed
> ...
> update-alternatives: error: alternative path /bin/ed doesn't exist.
> dpkg: error processing ed (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status
> 2 Errors were encountered while processing:
> ed
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I got the same error here. I fixed it by creating a symlink from /usr/bin/ed to /bin/ and that cleared it up. I'd imagine it's a bug in the package.

...Rob

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