Re: [johngay@eircom.net: Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit: nonexistent]
On Fri 19 Jul 2002 17:00, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:47:19PM +0100, John Gay wrote:
> > On Thu 11 Jul 2002 02:18, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > ----- Forwarded message from John Gay <johngay@eircom.net> -----
> >
> > <SNIP loads of stuff>
> >
> > > I'm sure it's probably something simple, but for the moment it's
> > > keeping me from completing my latest dist-upgrade.
> >
> > Is there a quick fix for this? Seems it should only be a link, but I'm
> > not sure where it's needed. I've got four other packages that won't
> > upgrade now because of this.
>
> Well, I'd try this:
>
> $ rm -r /etc/X11/xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/xinit
> $ dpkg --install --force-confmiss xbase-clients
And Iget:
debian:/home/johngay# rm -r /etc/X11/xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/xinit
rm: cannot remove `/usr/X11R6/lib/xinit': No such file or directory
debian:/home/johngay# dpkg --install --force-confmiss
/var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.2.0-0pre1v1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 103206 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-16 (using
.../xbase-clients_4.2.0-0pre1v1_i386.deb) ...
Warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit symbolic link points to the wrong place.
Removing.
Warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xsm symbolic link points to the wrong place.
Removing.
Warning: /etc/X11/xkb/compiled symbolic link points to the wrong place.
Removing.
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_4.2.0-0pre1v1_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit:
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jul 19 18:28 /usr
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 4 20:06 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 8192 Jul 17 22:43
/usr/X11R6/libdrwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jul 19 18:35
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit: nonexistent
ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit symbolic link does not exist. Either
the
package didn't ship the symbolic link (a bug in the package), or dpkg
failed to
unpack it to the filesystem (a bug in dpkg).
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
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.2.0-0pre1v1_i386.deb
debian:/home/johngay#
Now what?
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