Manually link /usr/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl-5.6; repeat; update-alternatives --auto perl; /var/lib/dpkg/info/perl-5.6-base.postinst configure 5.6-1
Gordon Sadler wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 07:19:00PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > > Gordon Sadler wrote: > > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > > > 6 packages not fully installed or removed. > > > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > > /bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or directory > > > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code > > > (127) > > > E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt > > > > Move /etc/apt/apt.conf out of the way; your perl is broken. > > Thanks for the fast reply, however... > I did this > cd /etc/apt > mv apt.conf apt.conf.org > sudo apt-get upgrade > . > . > . > Setting up perl-5.6 (5.6.0-1) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/perl-5.6.postinst: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives: No such > file or directory > dpkg: error processing perl-5.6 (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.6-suid: > perl-5.6-suid depends on perl-5.6 (= 5.6.0-1); however: > Package perl-5.6 is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing perl-5.6-suid (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Setting up developers-reference (2.8.1) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/developers-reference.postinst: /usr/sbin/install-docs: No > suc > h file or directory > dpkg: error processing developers-reference (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Setting up gnuplot (3.7.1p1-4) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnuplot.postinst: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: No such > file o > r directory > /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnuplot.postinst: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: No such > file o > r directory > dpkg: error processing gnuplot (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.6-debug: > perl-5.6-debug depends on perl-5.6 (= 5.6.0-1); however: > Package perl-5.6 is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing perl-5.6-debug (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.6-thread: > perl-5.6-thread depends on perl-5.6 (= 5.6.0-1); however: > Package perl-5.6 is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing perl-5.6-thread (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > perl-5.6 > . > . > . > > I know this looks long winded, but that is the results I got. Any > ideas or suggestions? > > Thanks again. -- see shy jo
