After downloading the compact version of the rescue/root disks and
installing Potato from the network, I changed "stable" to "unstable" in
'sources.list'. I then perform an update, followed by a 'dist-upgrade',
which downloads the selected packages but stops at this error durring
configuration:
$ apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
5 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate warnings.pm in @INC (@INC
contains: /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/warnings/register.pm line 3.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Base.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Base.pm line
6.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line
8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm
line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm line
6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm
line 6.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 3.
) -- aborting
Setting up setserial (2.17-18) ...
Can't locate warnings.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/warnings/register.pm line 3.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Base.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Base.pm line
6.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line
8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm
line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm line
6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm
line 6.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 9.
dpkg: error processing setserial (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up ifupdown (0.6.4-3) ...
Can't locate warnings.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/warnings/register.pm line 3.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Base.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Base.pm line
6.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line
8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm
line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm line
6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm
line 6.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 9.
dpkg: error processing ifupdown (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up netkit-inetd (0.10-6) ...
Can't locate warnings.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 .) at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6/warnings/register.pm line 3.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/vars.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Base.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Base.pm line
6.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line
8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm
line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm line
6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/ConfigDb.pm
line 6.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 9.
dpkg: error processing netkit-inetd (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of netbase:
netbase depends on ifupdown; however:
Package ifupdown is not configured yet.
netbase depends on netkit-inetd; however:
Package netkit-inetd is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing netbase (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ppp:
ppp depends on netbase; however:
Package netbase is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ppp (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
setserial
ifupdown
netkit-inetd
netbase
ppp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
What must I install to resolve this error?
Thanks for all the support.
--
Adam J. Henry <ahenry(a)heidelberg(.)edu><pgp: 0xBD168A74>
<www.heidelberg.edu/~ahenry><icq: 69243836>
--
"The essence of cowardice is not acknowledging the reality
of fear."
-- Trungpa (Shambhala)
