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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Issac Trotts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 4:48 AM
>To: Debian User; David Pastern
>Subject: apt-get has turned against me
>
>
>
>Ever since I ran apt-get dist-upgrade on my newton installation
>(from a Progeny Debian 2.2 CD set), apt-get has been fubarred.
>Here's what's happening. If anyone has an idea about how to fix
>this I would love to hear it:
>
>beech:/home/issac# apt-get install quake2
>
>Reading Package Lists... Done
>Building Dependency Tree... Done
>You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
>Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> at: Depends: mail-transport-agent
> elm-me+: Depends: mail-transport-agent
> mailx: Depends: smail but it is not going to be installed or
> mail-transport-agent
> mutt: Depends: exim or
> mail-transport-agent
> progeny-bug: Depends: mail-transport-agent
> quake2: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (> 1.2.3) but it is not going to be
>installed
> Depends: quake2-data but it is not installable
> vm: Depends: smail but it is not going to be installed or
> sendmail but it is not going to be installed or
> mail-transport-agent
>E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
>specify a solution).
>
>
>beech:/home/issac# apt-get -f install
>
>Reading Package Lists... Done
>Building Dependency Tree... Done
>Correcting dependencies... Done
>The following extra packages will be installed:
> exim libldap2 libpcre3 ucf
>The following NEW packages will be installed:
> exim libldap2 libpcre3 ucf
>0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 328 not upgraded.
>Need to get 0B/1009kB of archives. After unpacking 2016kB will be used.
>Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
>Calling dpkg with the following arguments...
>/usr/bin/dpkg --unpack
>/var/cache/apt/archives/libldap2_2.0.23-6_i386.deb
>/var/cache/apt/archives/libpcre3_3.4-1.1_i386.deb
>/var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.35-1_i386.deb
>/var/cache/apt/archives/ucf_0.07_all.deb
>Authenticating /var/cache/apt/archives/libldap2_2.0.23-6_i386.deb ...
>debsig: Origin Signature check failed. This deb might not be signed.
>
>dpkg: error processing
>/var/cache/apt/archives/libldap2_2.0.23-6_i386.deb (--unpack):
> Verification on package
>/var/cache/apt/archives/libldap2_2.0.23-6_i386.deb failed!
>Authenticating /var/cache/apt/archives/libpcre3_3.4-1.1_i386.deb ...
>debsig: Origin Signature check failed. This deb might not be signed.
>
>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libpcre3_3.4-1.1_i386.deb
>(--unpack):
> Verification on package
>/var/cache/apt/archives/libpcre3_3.4-1.1_i386.deb failed!
>Authenticating /var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.35-1_i386.deb ...
>debsig: Origin Signature check failed. This deb might not be signed.
>
>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.35-1_i386.deb
>(--unpack):
> Verification on package /var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.35-1_i386.deb
>failed!
>Authenticating /var/cache/apt/archives/ucf_0.07_all.deb ...
>debsig: Origin Signature check failed. This deb might not be signed.
>
>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ucf_0.07_all.deb (--unpack):
> Verification on package /var/cache/apt/archives/ucf_0.07_all.deb failed!
>Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libldap2_2.0.23-6_i386.deb
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libpcre3_3.4-1.1_i386.deb
> /var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.35-1_i386.deb
> /var/cache/apt/archives/ucf_0.07_all.deb
>Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
></inane messages>
>
>Where do I get the signed debs, or how do I tell apt-get to shut up and
>install?
>
>Many thanks,
>Issac
>
First thing I'd try is to manually install one of the .debs with dpkg,
like so:
dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/[some .deb file in this directory]
You did do an "apt-get update" first, right?
Do you have broadband access? If so, install from a mirror instead of
from a CD.
There's also a couple of dpkg-related files that you can rename (to
virtually "delete" them) that can make a big difference in cases like
this. From teh archives at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200203/msg03322.html:
>> Your debconf database is broken in some exciting way. Backing up and
>> moving aside /var/cache/debconf/config.dat and
>> /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat may help
>
Kent
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