"J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 14:11:27 +0200, Andreas Tobler wrote: > > > Try downloading a perl-base .deb and installing that with dpkg > > > (dpkg -OEG -i perl-base*deb). > > I have the whole snapshot on CD-Rom. > > Did so: dpkg -OEG -i perl-base_5.004.05-1.deb > > -> Skipping deselected package perl-base > > Oops. That should have been > dpkg -EG -i perl-base_5.004.05-1.deb > without the 'O' option. Did so without O and now I get:
Unpacking perl-base.... dpkg:dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-base: perl-base depends on perl5-base;however; Package perl5-base is not installed. .. When I try to install a perl-5*-base I get an error about libc6 is unpacked, but has never been configured. Well you see I'm a newbie in dpkg topics and others too.... Thanks for every help Andreas
