----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Hoyem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 10:09 PM Subject: Testing upgrade problem?
> I had Potato 2.2r.2 installed on my system and did a > upgrade to testing. I changed the sources to testing > and did apt-get update. Then did a apt-get > dist-upgrade. About 270 programs downloaded and then > started to install. During the installation I kept > seeing the message Unable to (and I forget this word) > <program>. Apt-utils not installed. After those Not preconfiguring package - Apt-utls not installed. Deinstallation of startx (xbases-client) does not make sense with this... :o > packeages were installed all I could do was use the > console, I tried startx and that came back command > unknown. I then installed xdm (received the same > message) and the dependicies that it required and was > up and running. I then installed apt-utils and then > another couple of programs and never saw that error > message again. The question is this, should I > reinstall the basic Potato, install apt-utils then do > the dist-upgrade, I can copy all of the downloaded > files to another disk and then restore them to the > /var/cache/apt/archives, or is there another way to do > this. My system does not currently seem broke. I > apologize for not remembering the exact wording of the > message. It's working now, then it's not broke now. > Any help and suggestion are appreciated. > Thanks > Don > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
