--- "D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I was attempting to install mplayer and one of its > depends was libpostproc0 which had a depend of > libc6. > I know I should learn how to make a deb from source. > > Anyway I did a apt-get install libc6 from unstable > and > this is what I get once the download is complete. > The > three packages it is talking about is libc6 > libc6-dev > and locales. Here is what I get when I try and do > the > install: > G:/home/dodaa# apt-get install libc6 > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, libc6 is already the newest version. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove > and 241 not upgraded. > 3 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will > be > used. > Setting up libc6 (2.3.1-4) ... > Checking for services that may need to be > restarted...Package `logind' is not installed and no > info is available. > Package `apache2' is not installed and no info is > available. > Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine > archive > files, > and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list > their contents. > sed: can't read exim: No such file or directory > sed: can't read netbase: No such file or directory > sed: can't read cron: No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error > exit status 2 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > libc6-dev: > libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.3.1-4); however: > Package libc6 is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > locales: > locales depends on glibc-2.3.1-4; however: > Package glibc-2.3.1-4 is not installed. > Package libc6 which provides glibc-2.3.1-4 is not > configured yet. > dpkg: error processing locales (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > libc6 > libc6-dev > locales > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code > (1) > G:/home/dodaa# > Colin Watson once said in a responce to a Debian > reinstall " A Debian re-install is a LAST resort, > you > should be able to fix any problems" A para-phrase. > Any help is greatly appreciated. > Thanks > Don This is for closure and in case someone else has this problem in the future. I did a search on google for libc6_2.2.5-14.3.i386.deb. Downloaded that plus the libc6-dev and the locales, all the same 2.2.5-14.3. Did a dpkg -i and it replaced the libc6_2.3... with the 2.2.5... Everything appears to be normal now. Don
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