Packge bug report request
dpkg requested the attached "bug" be reported - I am a bit of a novice so it could be something I did that caused it. Gregory J Sellers wyrmberg:/home/gsellers# dpkg -i xbase-clients_4.2.1-4_i386.deb (Reading database ... 93851 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-5 (using xbase-clients_4.2.1-4_i386.deb) ... ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This package cannot be installed until this file is removed. Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. dpkg: error processing xbase-clients_4.2.1-4_i386.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: drwxr-xr-x 110 root root 8192 Jan 6 11:30 /etc drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jan 5 17:35 /etc/X11 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Oct 30 2001 /etc/X11/xkb -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 274882 Jun 7 2001 /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is not a symbolic link. The package preinst script should have failed. Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error message(s) to . dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: xbase-clients_4.2.1-4_i386.deb
Packge bug report request
dpkg requested the attached "bug" be reported - I am a bit of a novice so it could be something I did that caused it. Gregory J Sellers wyrmberg:/home/gsellers# dpkg -i xbase-clients_4.2.1-4_i386.deb (Reading database ... 93851 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-5 (using xbase-clients_4.2.1-4_i386.deb) ... ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This package cannot be installed until this file is removed. Aborting installation of xbase-clients package. dpkg: error processing xbase-clients_4.2.1-4_i386.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: drwxr-xr-x 110 root root 8192 Jan 6 11:30 /etc drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jan 5 17:35 /etc/X11 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Oct 30 2001 /etc/X11/xkb -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 274882 Jun 7 2001 /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is not a symbolic link. The package preinst script should have failed. Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error message(s) to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: xbase-clients_4.2.1-4_i386.deb