Subject: Re: apt-get help
On Friday Sep 28 17:22 shock wrote:
> ** i am sorry to keep asking, but i cannot find a solution for this. i have
> ** a machine running woody. i hadn't updated it in a while, so a few
> ** days ago, i did an apt-get update, apt-get upgrade on it. here's the
> ** results. this happens any time i try to install any package with apt-get,
> ** so until i get this resolved, this machine is stuck.
>
> ** (Reading database ... 63582 files and directories currently installed.)
> ** Preparing to replace perl 5.6.1-4 (using
> ** .../archives/perl_5.6.1-5_i386.deb) ...
> ** Unpacking replacement perl ...
> ** dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/perl_5.6.1-5_i386.deb
> ** (--unpack):
> ** trying to overwrite directory `/usr/share/doc/perl' in package perl-base
> ** with nondirectory
> ** dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Looks like this (also the other) package is installed but not
configured. Is your Woody box running fine with this now?
Timo
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