Thanks for the response, and that is the exact message that I was getting, but the response leads me to this question, If during the installation it was not preconfiguring the packages, how do I know that they were configured right? Also I was not trying to deinstall startx, when I typed startx I received the unknown command response, I had to apt-get install xdm for that command to work. Thanks in Advance Don --- Calvin Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- 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] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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