On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 11:00:10 -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > I was updating an etch server when I ran into the following error: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2) but 2.3.6.ds1-13 is > installed > > I ran apt-get -f install which yielded: > > Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 (using > .../libc6_2.3.6.ds1-13etch2_i386.deb) ... > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 130: ls: command not found > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 130: ls: command not found > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.6.ds1-13etch2_i386.deb (--unpack): > unable to create `./usr/sbin/zic': Permission denied > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.6.ds1-13etch2_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > I am root, so I don't understand the permission denied. Why certain > commands aren't found is even more perplexing. > Any ideas?
I would start with the first problem: "ls: command not found". (The permission issue might be a consequence of whatever goes wrong before.) As root, what output do you get from these commands: echo $PATH which ls file `which ls` stat `which ls` lsattr `which ls` -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
