Re: apt-get upgrade, bad news SOLVED!
"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 04:16:18AM -0500, w trillich wrote: > > the error messages i mentioned in my 'successful' (aka non-aborted) > > apt-get dist-upgrade were still > > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLw.so (No such file or > > directory), skipping > > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLwM.so (No such file > > or directory), skipping > > > > by the ton, too. hundreds of 'm. is there a way i can get those files > > and re-try the install? or is it optional? (if optional, maybe the messages > > are unnecessary?) > > apt-get install mesag3 # It provides the Mesa OpenGL clone libraries. > apt-get install mesag3-widgets # It provides libMesaGLwM.so > > > oh, by the way--after doing > > # apt-get dist-upgrade > > would a debianist, such as i, have a new kernel--say, 2.1? > > i imagine i'd hafta restart the cpu to invoke it hmm? > > I think the dist-upgrade will grab kernel-2.2.14. And, that's the one > time a reboot is required. You might get some errors about modules if > you were previously using 2.0 series. i did dist-upgrade (frozen) after update of course, and was never asked to restart.
Re: apt-get upgrade, bad news
Try dpkg -i dhelp*.deb. It may require a few other things first. Looks like doc-linux-html needs the newer version of dhelp. Alternatively: $ dpkg --remove dhelp $ apt-get dist-upgrade $ apt-get install dhelp If you're upgrading distribution level, you should use "dist-upgrade" rather than "upgrade" since it's supposed to be more intelligent about handling dependencies. On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 08:54:08PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > you're in a maze of twisted little twisted passages, all twisted. > > this is so cool--i can't purge doc-linux-html. can't install. > can't do nothin'. > > 0 packages upgraded, > 0 newly installed, > 0 to remove and > 110 not upgraded. (aka 'held back' according to apt-get) > > why the hell doc-linux-html should be a lynchpin module i'll never > know... that's where it dies, and i can't get past it: > > (i've edited a bit for readability: is the root prompt followed > by various futile comands, with newlines were inserted above each for > visual spacing...) > > > > apt-get upgrade > <<< > yada yada, most seems to go smoothly, but i do get tons-o-warnings > and errors including multiples of each of these: > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLw.so (No such file or > directory), skipping > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLwM.so (No such file or > directory), skipping > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > warning: ignoring unknown format `postscript' at > /usr/sbin/install-docs line 627, chunk 20. > a few thousand lines later, i get... > >>> > > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > dpkg --pending --configure > Setting up doc-linux-html (2000.03-1) ... > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > dpkg -i doc-linux-html > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--install): > cannot access archive: No such file or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > dpkg --purge doc-linux-html > (Reading database ... 32163 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing doc-linux-html ... > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--purge): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > dpkg --purge doc-linux-html > (Reading database ... 32163 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing doc-linux-html ... > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--purge): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > dpkg -i doc-linux-html > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--install): > cannot access archive: No such file or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > > > apt-get install doc-linux-html > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, doc-linux-html is already the newest version > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 110 not upgraded. > 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Setting up doc-linux-html (2000.03-1) ... > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! > > dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > doc-linux-html > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > === > > > seems like all those repetetive messages about not finding > "libMesaGLw*.so" warrant a bit of looking-into. so i try > > dpkg -S libMesaGLw > dpkg: *libMesaGLw* not found. > > imagine my relief at learning that there actually IS no libMesaGLw > for the upgrade routine to not find. > > i am not going insane. i am THERE. i'm looking for a return ticket. > any travel agents out there? barring that, how 'bout a rope--either > with a lifesaver or noose on the end of it? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.
apt-get upgrade, bad news
you're in a maze of twisted little twisted passages, all twisted. this is so cool--i can't purge doc-linux-html. can't install. can't do nothin'. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 110 not upgraded. (aka 'held back' according to apt-get) why the hell doc-linux-html should be a lynchpin module i'll never know... that's where it dies, and i can't get past it: (i've edited a bit for readability: is the root prompt followed by various futile comands, with newlines were inserted above each for visual spacing...) apt-get upgrade <<< yada yada, most seems to go smoothly, but i do get tons-o-warnings and errors including multiples of each of these: ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLw.so (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLwM.so (No such file or directory), skipping dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! warning: ignoring unknown format `postscript' at /usr/sbin/install-docs line 627, chunk 20. a few thousand lines later, i get... >>> Errors were encountered while processing: doc-linux-html dpkg --pending --configure Setting up doc-linux-html (2000.03-1) ... dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: doc-linux-html dpkg -i doc-linux-html dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: doc-linux-html dpkg --purge doc-linux-html (Reading database ... 32163 files and directories currently installed.) Removing doc-linux-html ... dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: doc-linux-html dpkg --purge doc-linux-html (Reading database ... 32163 files and directories currently installed.) Removing doc-linux-html ... dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: doc-linux-html dpkg -i doc-linux-html dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: doc-linux-html apt-get install doc-linux-html Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, doc-linux-html is already the newest version 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 110 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Setting up doc-linux-html (2000.03-1) ... dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/doc! dpkg: error processing doc-linux-html (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: doc-linux-html E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) === seems like all those repetetive messages about not finding "libMesaGLw*.so" warrant a bit of looking-into. so i try dpkg -S libMesaGLw dpkg: *libMesaGLw* not found. imagine my relief at learning that there actually IS no libMesaGLw for the upgrade routine to not find. i am not going insane. i am THERE. i'm looking for a return ticket. any travel agents out there? barring that, how 'bout a rope--either with a lifesaver or noose on the end of it?
