Hi Bob. Yes, I get no output from: perl -e 0 install-docs says: "no such file...." but I think it's probably run inside the perl shell somehow, so ...
I screwed things up even worse, as I copied over apt-get and dpkg from another install and I have a big mess now. You are right, I have to fix the original problem first, but I can't fix without apt-get & dpkg working right, so gotta do a reinstall I think. Thanks anyways, Chris W. On August 21, 2005 11:39 pm, Bob Proulx wrote: > Chris Wakefield wrote: > > My system is sick. For a month now, I haven't been able to successfully > > update or upgrade, now I can't install anything at all now: > > Can anyone suggest some kind of fix? > > ... > > Preparing to replace bzip2 1.0.2-8 (using .../bzip2_1.0.2-8_amd64.deb) > > ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/bzip2.prerm: line 7: 6745 Illegal instruction > > install-docs -r bzip2 > > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 132 > > Hmm... 'install-docs' is a perl script. Is perl working on your > system? > > perl -e 0 > install-docs > > Neither of those should have any output. So errors from those may > point to something. The following should list some status output. > > install-docs -s bzip2 > > But doc-base is not required to be installed. If the problem is > something with doc base and not perl then I would try removing it. > There are some packages that depend upon it so we should use apt to > remove those too, if that seems reasonable. > > apt-get remove doc-base > > Or if that fails because of the current problem: > > dpkg --remove doc-base > > I am guessing something is wrong with perl on your system and > reinstalling it might be best. But you will probably have to clear > your current problem first. > > Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]