Apologies for not reading the original message closely enough. I got stuck on the 'x11-common' part and didn't pay enough attention to the debconf error.
If debconf is having trouble, that's really weird. Perhaps doing a dpkg -r debconf, then doing a clean reinstall of debconf? Using wget to download a fresh .deb of debconf and installing with dpkg -i? Reinstalling from your /var/cache/apt/archives? dpkg-reconfigure debconf? I know that there is a reinstall option to apt.... That's about all I know at this point. --John John Miller wrote: > Why not just keep x11-common? It looks like a whole ton of X libraries > are already installed. Otherwise, figure out which programs depend on > each individual library, either by dpkg --show <programname>, or by > trying to remove each library individually. > > Up until a month or two ago (when I gave it away), I ran a console-only > laptop (sarge, however) that ran into these issues from time to time. > I'm just now checking e-mail and saw the words 'reinstall' float by.... > > > > Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > >> Hi Joris, >> >> When I add either the --force-depends or the --force-all option to the >> dpkg --purge x11-common command, they also fail to remove the package. >> When I then do an apt-get -f install, I get the same familiar failure as >> I reported earlier. >> >> I may have to save what I can and reinstall my system, although there >> has GOT to be a better way. I am beginning to think like a Windows user, >> and I have never been one! >> >> Chuck >> >> >> > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
