On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 11:18:15PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > I uninstalled pretty much everything from potato - and left just a > > skeleton system for the upgrade. Apt-get -f dist-upgrade and then > > waited. After downloading apt freaked out (I can't remember at which > > point), so I used dselect to see if that could sort it out. It wanted > > to download another 40MB, for a complete upgrade I guess. Fine, so I > > waited some more. Now it's done it is having difficulty with > > configuring debconf: > > > > Setting up debconf (1.1.14) ... > > no type given for question at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line > > 15. > > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > debconf > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > And obviously loads of important stuff ain't getting done. > > How do I get out of this one? > > OK, Not bad. You need to install many basic packages before getting > debconf running. > > # cd /var/cache/apt/archives > # dpkg -i libc<TAB><RET> > # dpkg -i perl*<RET> > # dpkg -i apt*<RET> > # dpkg -i debconf*<RET> > # apt-get -f upgrade
Hello, I did this and libc* perl* apt* are all installed and configured, but it still won't configure debconf... Setting up debconf (1.1.4) ... no type given for question at /usr/share/perl15/Debconf/Question.pm line 15. dpkg: error processing debconf (--install): subprocess post-installlation script returned error exit status 255 What now? Thanks Harvey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
