You should just run the command "apt-get --fix-broken install" without any package names. Also make shure you have done apt-get update recently. It is almost never worth re-installing just because of a small problem :)
Kieren Diment wrote: > > 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 > > > > ? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
