On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:59:37PM +1000, Steven Farrier wrote:
> I been trying to install ee and xcoral
>
> but when they are setting up they both bring back this error.
>
> update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/man/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp
> a symlink to /etc/alternatives/editor.1.gz: No such file or directory
>
> I have tried apt-get -f install and that didn't help
>
> Anyone know how I could fix this?
The alternatives system provides a series of symlinks for some "generic"
classes of programs that can be provided with several different
packages. In this case, the alternatives links should work out
something like:
/usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz --> /etc/alternatives/editor.1.gz -->
/usr/share/man/man1/<real man page>
(The same should be true for /usr/bin/editor -->
/etc/alternatives/editor --> /path/to/real/editor/program )
So, to fix:
I. Try using "update-alternatives --config editor"
or
II.
1. Select the "real" man page you want as the target. We'll use
/usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
2. Add a symlink to it in the alternatives directory.
$ ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
/etc/alternatives/editor.1.gz
3. Add a symlink to the "alternative" in the man pages directory.
$ ln -s /etc/alternatives/editor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz
Don't know why the symlinks were missing, but that should square things.
--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
