> hi everyone, i was updating serveral 486's over the weekend and I get the > following error. > > [root:/home/paul/tmp:]$dpkg -i gcc_2.7.2.1-9.deb > Selecting previously deselected package gcc. > (Reading database ... 6871 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace gcc 2.7.2.1-4 (using gcc_2.7.2.1-9.deb) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/gcc.prerm: /usr/sbin/install-info: No such file or [..] > Errors were encountered while processing: > gcc_2.7.2.1-9.deb > > here is the file /var/lib/dpkg/nfo/gcc.prerm > #! /bin/sh > > set -e > > install-info --quiet --remove gcc >
If the prerm script (/var/lib/dpkg/nfo/gcc.prerm) is that simple, usually it's safe to just rm /var/lib/dpkg/nfo/gcc.prerm and re-run dpkg. However, in your case you _should_ have /usr/sbin/install-info. Is that file indeed missing, or is it maybe referring to perl in /bin? (The first line of /usr/sbin/install-info should read: "#! /usr/bin/perl --", but maybe it reads "#!/bin/perl"). I remember the location of perl being moved recently (how long ago? one year? Don't know), so that may explain it. -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Potentially offensive files, part 5: /dev/random. `head -c 4 /dev/random` may print 4-letter words (once every approx 4e8 tries). -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
