On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 08:46:28AM -0700, Shawn O. McKenzie wrote: > I am getting the following error when I do an apt-get -f install > > Setting up xfree86-common (4.1.0-1) ... > ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt is not a symbolic link. The package > preinst script should have failed. > Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error > message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>. > > I am brand new to Debian and am trying to figure out the apt system. I would > just stick to stable, but I really need working docbook tolls. > > Any help would be appreciated. Interesting. Can you mail debian-x with the output of the following? ls -dl /usr /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 /etc/X11/rgb.txt Did you have X installed before? If so, was this an upgrade from existing Debian X packages, or some other sort of installation of XFree86? -- G. Branden Robinson | It was a typical net.exercise -- a Debian GNU/Linux | screaming mob pounding on a greasy branden@debian.org | spot on the pavement, where used to http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | lie the carcass of a dead horse.
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