On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:02:37AM +0100, Sebastian Rosenkiewicz wrote: > Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.0.3-4 (using > .../xbase-clients_4.1.0-11_i386.deb) ... > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This > package cannot be installed until this file is removed. > Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-11_i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp 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>. > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Please mail us the output of: dpkg -S /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp Also, did you put anything in that directory by hand (i.e., not with dpkg)? -- G. Branden Robinson | Optimists believe we live in the Debian GNU/Linux | best of all possible worlds. branden@debian.org | Pessimists are afraid the optimists http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | are right.
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