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Re: Please help with error message



Rodolfo Medina, Di 07 Aug 2018 09:05:28 CEST:

> Some little problems after `full-upgrade' to Sid: no sound...  Besides, when
> trying to install new packages, the following message appears:
> 
> # aptitude install alsaplayer-alsa pulseaudio 
> pulseaudio is already installed at the requested version (12.0-1)
> pulseaudio is already installed at the requested version (12.0-1)
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   alsaplayer-alsa alsaplayer-common{a} alsaplayer-gtk{a} libmikmod3{a} 
> 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/505 kB of archives. After unpacking 1,410 kB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
> Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
> Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin

Did you check the value of PATH - as the message suggests?
Did you check that (/sbin/)ldconfig and (/sbin/)start-stop-daemon exist
and they are executable?

> Please help...  I'm not expert.

In that case, you shouldn't use sid...

-- 
Regards
  mks


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