Reply-To: Running potato on an i386 (been there since Aug.) Now I am seeing the following errors:
penguin:/var/cache/apt/archives/fucked# dpkg --configure enlightenment-theme-bluesteel Setting up enlightenment-theme-bluesteel (0.16.0-2) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Permission denied dpkg: error processing enlightenment-theme-bluesteel (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: enlightenment-theme-bluesteel It doesnt matter what package I try to install, it's always the same. Dpkg yeilds this: penguin:/var/cache/apt/archives/fucked# dpkg -C The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages that depend on them) to function properly: imlib-base Common files needed by the Imlib/Gdk-Imlib packages libgtk1.2-dev Development files for the GIMP Toolkit gconv-modules GNU C Library: Codeset conversion modules libc6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone data libglib1.2 The GLib library of C routines libc6-dev GNU C Library: Development libraries and header files. libgtk1.2 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets for X libglib1.2-dev Development files for GLib library The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect: enlightenment-theme-bluesteel The BlueSteel theme for E debconf Debian configuration management system The following packages are only half installed, due to problems during installation. The installation can probably be completed by retrying it; the packages can be removed using dselect or dpkg --remove: tetex-base basic teTeX library files enlightenment-nosound The Enlightenment Window Manage Apt is hosed, dselect is hosed, dpkg is hosed. Is there any way to recover? Do I reinstall just like Windows ;) or is there a way to regain the integrity of the dpkg database?
