On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 05:47:19PM -0500, Mark McCorkle wrote: > 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_4.1.0-16woody1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: > drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc > drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11 > drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 14 17:41 /etc/X11/xkb > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 270718 Jan 20 2002 > /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp > 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 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody1_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Please save the attached file as "culprits.sh" and run it with the following command: (change directories to wherever you saved the attachment) $ sh ./culprits.sh Then, please reply to <debian-x@lists.debian.org> with the output of the above command. (The functionality of the attachment is built-in to more recent versions of the Debian XFree86 packages.) -- G. Branden Robinson | You could wire up a dead rat to a Debian GNU/Linux | DIMM socket and the PC BIOS memory branden@debian.org | test would pass it just fine. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ethan Benson
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