Am 2007-11-19 11:43:57, schrieb Chris Capon: > Package: aptitude > Version: 0.4.6.1-1.1 > Severity: normal > > > When installing any package, these lines are always displayed in the > Terminal window: > > debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog > debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.) > debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline > > I can not find any documentation on how to set the TERM environment > variable within Aptitude so debconf > can not use the Dialog interface as configured. Debconf does ask > questions inline within the terminal window so this > bug does not prevent installations from completing. > > Also, this message does not appear when running apt-get or > dpkg-reconfigure from within a normal terminal window.
Which "normal terminal window" do you mean? A VT (console)
or do you mean a XTerm under the X-Window-System?
In the console (VT),
echo ${TERM}
should return "linux" but if you are in a XTerm, the reponse
should be "xterm"
Can you run a XTerm from the "Debian Menu" (Menu "X-Shells")
in your Windowmanager or Desktop? It start a clean XTerm
which should repond "xterm" and then retry debconf again.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Tamay Dogan Network
Open Hardware Developer
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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