On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:56:12 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 11:00:10 -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: >> I was updating an etch server when I ran into the following error: >> >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2) but 2.3.6.ds1-13 is >> installed >> >> I ran apt-get -f install which yielded: >> >> Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 (using >> .../libc6_2.3.6.ds1-13etch2_i386.deb) ... >> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 130: ls: command not found >> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 130: ls: command not found >> Unpacking replacement libc6 ... >> dpkg: error processing >> /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.6.ds1-13etch2_i386.deb (--unpack): >> unable to create `./usr/sbin/zic': Permission denied >> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.6.ds1-13etch2_i386.deb >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> >> I am root, so I don't understand the permission denied. Why certain >> commands aren't found is even more perplexing. >> Any ideas? > > I would start with the first problem: "ls: command not found". (The > permission issue might be a consequence of whatever goes wrong before.) > > As root, what output do you get from these commands: > > echo $PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11 > > which ls nothing > > file `which ls` which: ERROR: cannot open `which' (No such file or directory) ls: ERROR: cannot open `ls' (No such file or directory)
> > stat `which ls` stat: missing operand Try `stat --help' for more information. > > lsattr `which ls` ------------------ ./vdl-3.94.dat ------------------ ./vdl01.vdb ------------------ ./vdl02.vdb ------------------ ./vdl03.vdb ------------------ ./vdl04.vdb ------------------ ./vdl05.vdb ------------------ ./vdl06.vdb ------------------ ./vdl07.vdb ------------------ ./vdl08.vdb ------------------ ./vdl09.vdb ------------------ ./vdl10.vdb ------------------ ./vdl11.vdb ------------------ ./vdl12.vdb ------------------ ./vdl13.vdb ------------------ ./vdl14.vdb ------------------ ./vdl15.vdb ------------------ ./vdl16.vdb ------------------ ./vdl17.vdb ------------------ ./vdl18.vdb ------------------ ./vdl19.vdb ------------------ ./svext.dat ------------------ ./install.sh ------------------ ./Readunix.txt ------------------ ./Install.txt ------------------ ./Readunix_de.txt ------------------ ./Readunix_es.txt ------------------ ./Readunix_euc.txt ------------------ ./Readunix_fr.txt ------------------ ./Readunix_pt_br.txt ------------------ ./Install_de.txt ------------------ ./Install_es.txt ------------------ ./Install_euc.txt ------------------ ./Install_fr.txt ------------------ ./Install_it.txt ------------------ ./Install_pt_br.txt ------------------ ./Install_utf.txt ------------------ ./installmsg.txt ------------------ ./installmsg_de.txt ------------------ ./installmsg_es.txt ------------------ ./installmsg_euc.txt ------------------ ./installmsg_fr.txt ------------------ ./installmsg_it.txt ------------------ ./installmsg_pt_br.txt ------------------ ./sweep.1 ------------------ ./installmsg_utf.txt ------------------ ./icheckd.1 ------------------ ./icheckd.conf.5 ------------------ ./icheckd_de.1 ------------------ ./icheckd_de.conf.5 ------------------ ./icheckd_es.1 ------------------ ./icheckd_es.conf.5 ------------------ ./icheckd_euc.1 ------------------ ./icheckd_euc.conf.5 ------------------ ./icheckd_fr.1 ------------------ ./icheckd_fr.conf.5 ------------------ ./icheckd_it.1 ------------------ ./icheckd_it.conf.5 ------------------ ./icheckd_pt_br.1 ------------------ ./icheckd_pt_br.conf.5 ------------------ ./icheckd_utf.1 ------------------ ./icheckd_utf.conf.5 ------------------ ./sweep_de.1 ------------------ ./sweep_es.1 ------------------ ./sweep_euc.1 ------------------ ./sweep_fr.1 ------------------ ./sweep_it.1 ------------------ ./sweep_pt_br.1 ------------------ ./sweep_utf.1 ------------------ ./eminstall.txt ------------------ ./eminstall.sh ------------------ ./calcmd5 ------------------ ./icheckd ------------------ ./icmess.dat ------------------ ./libsavi.so.3.2.07.103 ------------------ ./sweep ------------------ ./swpmess.dat ------------------ ./md5list.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]