On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 04:25:03 -0700, yinglcs wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been getting this dpkg error: unable to make backup link of '...'. > I have been posting my question on various forum and I still cant' resolve > it. > > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-encodings_1%3a1.0.2-3_all.deb > (--unpack): > unable to make backup link of > `./usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large/big5hkscs-0.enc.gz' before > installing new version: Operation not permitted > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/python-gnome2-extras_2.19.1-0ubuntu7_i386.deb > /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-encodings_1%3a1.0.2-3_all.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > The closest thing I can find in google is this bug report. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/93320 > > But i don't know how to solve my problem. > > I appreciate if anyone can help.
Have a look at the output of lsattr /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large/big5hkscs-0.enc.gz If you see any problematic attributes then you can change them with the "chattr" command. (Send the "lsattr ..." output to the list if you are not sure what it means.) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]