When I executed "apt-get upgrade", it cycled through "Preparing to replace ..." "Unpacking replacement ..."
some times until ending with "Unpacking replacement librpm4 ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/gettext-base_0.12.1-3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)" The story behind (for whom it interests): After some weeks (!) configuring my new Debian 3.0 stable distribution, I was able to produce something worth printing, but not to print. I had lpr-ppd installed. >From a discussion on this forum I got the impression that lprng was better and installed it together with magicfilter, just that magicfilter didn't install any printer driver. So I tried to install the testing version of lprng and magicfilter, but that required a newer version af some library too. So I fed some internet addresses with testing packages in my /etc/apt/sources.list and called "apt-get upgrade". I was informed that 470MB would be downloaded. So I cancelled, shut down the system and returned at midnight, when the local phone company has a flat rate. For the next four nights, I called "apt-get upgrade" at midnight and armed my alarm clock for 6:00 am when the flat rate ends to interrupt the upgrade. Yesterday at 6:00 am the download was complete and the system began to ask long lists of configuration questions. After some time I interrupted the PPP connection because my budget is limited, which provoked an error message. As 6 hours of sleep is not enough for me, I shut the system down and went to bed again. Half an hour ago, I established the connection to my internet provider and called "apt-get upgrade". Result: see above. Somehow I know what is wrong: It is simply that nothing works in Debian out of the box. Just that this insight doesn't help me. So somebody could please: 1. indicate me the next step 2. give me a good argument that I am not walking in a circle? ------------------------------------------------- Frank Hrebabetzky Tel.: +55 / 48 / 235 1106 Florianopolis +55 / 48 / 9998 7686 Brazil email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]