On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 08:56 -0400, Aaron Klein wrote: > courier-imap installs just fine with no errors.
Ok, so your apt-get/debconf/whatever is not totally broken. > For the other questions I get the following output. > > SLUG:/home/aaron# apt-get --reinstall debconf perl > E: Invalid operation debconf Oops. I forgot the install part. It should read: apt-get install --reinstall debconf perl > > SLUG:/home/aaron# dpkg -l mysql\* > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > un mysql-client <none> (no description available) > un mysql-client-4 <none> (no description available) > ii mysql-client-5 5.0.32-7etch1 mysql database client binaries > ii mysql-common 5.0.32-7etch1 mysql database common files (e.g. /etc/mysql > un mysql-common-4 <none> (no description available) > pn mysql-server <none> (no description available) > un mysql-server-4 <none> (no description available) > pn mysql-server-5 <none> (no description available) Ok, same versions I have and the ii tells you it is correctly installed. So debconf didn't totally freak out. <me thinking...> David > > > On 6/23/07, David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry, no. That's to your first statement. The x11-common package is NOT > > a dependency of mysql-server. The build-deps are build dependencies. > > That means that if you want to build the mysql server from source with > > all the mysql packages (including, probably, a gui thingy) you need the > > build-deps and thus x11-common. In answer to your previous mail, you > > DON'T need to say yes to that question. You don't need to install > > build-deps at all. If you just apt-get mysql-server, you can see the > > 'real' dependencies and x11 and things like that are just not a part of > > it. > > > > What happens if you apt-get some other package, say, courier-imap. You > > can remove --purge it later. No errors at all? > > > > What happens if you apt-get --reinstall debconf perl ? > > > > What does dpkg -l mysql\* say? > > > > Good luck, > > > > David > > > > BTW: I installed some xpackages and can start X applications on my slug > > over ssh without any problems. It doesn't bomb out because it has no > > video card. The nice thing about the X server is that it is perfectly > > content to just serve graphical content to your local video card. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Have pets? Get the help you need from the Pet Advice Network. > We have 6 websites ready to help you. http://www.petadvice.net > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
