On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 07:13:15PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > On Nov 22, 2007 3:47 PM, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 02:51:34PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > > > OK, aptitude seems more broken than I expected. When I perform > > > "aptitude install ..." or select the packages with the ncurses > > > interface and then try to install them, all the packages are > > > downloaded, but as soon as they get downloaded, an error shows up: > > > > > > Preconfiguring packages ... > > > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg exited unexpectedly > > > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > > > ... > > > > Huh, are you sure it's /usr/sbin? The dpkg binary is in /usr/bin... > > You are right. As I use gmail, I just read the message from hurd and > write it by hand under linux with iceape... > > The message actually indicates "/usr/bin/dpkg" as you pointed out...
OK, then note down which packages are about to be installed, and try to install them manually with dpkg, hoping there will be a more useful error message then. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
