Have you tried: # apt-get --fix-broken remove # apt-get --fix-broken install
? Kieren Diment wrote: > > I was trying to install LyX, with dpkg -i lyx*.deb, but was told that > libforms0.89 was not installed. > > So after that I kept making errors, downloading libforms-bin and > installing that by mistake, downloading libforms and Lyx for the wrong > Architecture (Mk68 and Sparc) by mistake. I finally got the correct > deb files on my local machine and tried (as root) > > # dpkg -i libforms0.89_0.89-9.deb > > and got the following error message > > Selecting previously deselected package libforms0.89. > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing libforms0.89_0.89-9.deb > (--install): > files list file for package `procmail' contains empty filename > Errors were encountered while processing: > libforms0.89_0.89-9.deb > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > > The same error was generated when I tried a-t-get remove procmail > (thought that re-installing procmail might cure the problem), and now > my system is un-upgradeable. > > Can anyone help me fix dpkg. I just found that I was making too many > trpoes with LaTeX commands and not identifying them until it was too > late, , and I would like an easier life with LxY. > > Thanks in advance. > > Kd > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
