Re: problem installing new packages

[Bernard <bdebreil@teaser.fr>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 19:06:41 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>   
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >     
> > > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:09:07 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> > >       
> > > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > >         
> > > > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:26:06 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> > > > >           
> > > > > > Before the end of install process, I got
> > > > > > this message :
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "
> > > > > > Configuring libc6
> > > > > >             
> > > > > [...]
> > > > >
> > > > >           
> > > > > > Do you want to upgrade glibc now ?
> > > > > > "
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I replied 'no', and, so far, I have not attempted to continue this
> > > > > > install process of 'audacity' and the upgrade of glibc.
> > > > > >             
> > > > > [...]
> > > > >
> > > > >           
> > > > > > Ever since then, I am encountering problems and error messages when
> > > > > > trying to install something. For instance, if I do :
> > > > > >
> > > > > > #apt-get install gphoto2
> > > > > >
> > > > > > the install process starts... then :
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "
> > > > > > Can't exec "locale": no file or directory of this type at
> > > > > > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 16.
> > > > > > Use of uninitialized value $Debconf::Encoding::charmap in scalar
> > > > > > chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 17.
> > > > > > dpkg : « ldconfig » not found in the variable PATH.
> > > > > > dpkg: 1 expected program not found in the variable PATH.
> > > > > > NB : the variable PATH of the superuser should contain
> > > > > > /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin et /sbin.
> > > > > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> > > > > >             
>
> [...]
>
>   
> > > > new-host:/home/bd# dpkg -l libc6\* libc-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'
> > > > Souhait=inconnU/Installé/suppRimé/Purgé/H=à garder
> > > > rc libc-bin 2.9-25
> > > > un libc-dev <néant>
> > > > ii libc6 2.7-18
> > > > ii libc6-dev 2.7-18
> > > > ii libc6-i686 2.7-18
> > > > un libc6.1 <néant>
> > > >         
>
> [...]
>
>   
> > Here is what I get :
> >
> > file /sbin/ldconfig
> > /sbin/ldconfig: ERROR: cannot open `/sbin/ldconfig' (No such file or directory)
> >
> > dpkg -L libc6 | grep ldconfig
> > (it just returns the shell, nothing else)
> >     
>
> It seems that dpkg is confused: It claims that libc6 version 2.7-18 is
> installed without problems, but it does not know about /sbin/ldconfig
> and the file itself is not present on your system.
>
>   
> > root@new-host:/home/bd# echo $PATH
> > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
> >     
>
> That is OK at least.
>
> I propose to try reinstalling libc6 2.7-18 with dpkg. The necessary .deb
> file should still be in your apt cache, so this might work:
>
> dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_*.deb
>   

Here is what I get :


root@new-host:/home/bd# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_*.deb
dpkg : « ldconfig » introuvable dans la variable PATH.
dpkg: 1 programme(s) attendu(s) introuvable(s) dans la variable PATH.
NB : la variable PATH du superutilisateur doit normalement contenir 
/usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin et /sbin.
root@new-host:/home/bd#

Maybe I should run 'ldconfig' ?   I wouldn't dare to test this without 
more knowledge ; I wouldn't know what options and arguments to add.

> If the .deb is missing then you can download it manually with your
> favorite browser:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libc6
>
> (Scroll down to the section "Download libc6" and click on the link for
>  your architecture in the table.)
>
>