I tried Andreas' suggestion, and this is what happens: # apt-get --fix-broken remove procmail
Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: procmail 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 236kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 20506 EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 20512 EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 21010 EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 20574 EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 20576 EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,2)): ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 23665 dpkg: error processing procmail (--remove): files list file for package `procmail' contains empty filename Errors were encountered while processing: procmail Processing was halted because there were too many errors. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Can anyone advise how to fix please. I'm running potato with Kernel 2.2.17. Am I going to have to reinstall (please no)? TIA Kieren Diment (original message and reply below) > 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 On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 08:17:26PM +1000, Andreas Hatz wrote: > Have you tried: > > # apt-get --fix-broken remove > # apt-get --fix-broken install > > ?
