In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ktb wrote: > Have you tried installing php4 unstable or stable? Use the "-s" > switch to "apt-get" and see what would happen.
Before reading your (or any) answer, I went ahead and pointed apt at the unstable archive and got PHP4 from there. Unfortunately, it seems like this really messed things up for me: Preparing to replace php4 4.0.4pl1-2 (using .../php4_4.0.4pl1-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement php4 ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/php4.postrm: line 28: syntax error near unexpected token `*)' dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: line 28: syntax error near unexpected token `*)' dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/php4_4.0.4pl1-2_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2 /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: line 28: syntax error near unexpected token `*)' dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2 Preparing to replace update 2.11-2 (using .../update_2.11-3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement update ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/php4_4.0.4pl1-2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) So, I then tried to purge the package: bash-2.04# dpkg --purge php4 dpkg: error processing php4 (--purge): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: php4 Not only is the package in an inconsistent state, but bad and even very bad to top that off. I'm a bit at a loss as what to do about this one... but I'll steam on it for a bit. Sure makes me wish I would have listened to your -s advice. Anyways, thank you for your help :) -- PGP: 0x4CE578BF ICQ: 760542 | Linux winter 2.2.16 is up 13 days, 11:48 http://uss-centauris.org/ | Reporter: Mr Gandhi, what do you think of Phone: (+31) 70 3467809 | Western Civilization? Cellular: (+31) 6 11316573 | Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.
