Hello,
On 2007-12-21 07:25 +0100, Toufeeq Hussain wrote:
> Currently a few packages(example: sed, findutils) ave been failing to
> install on my Debian testing system. The problem seems to be a cryptic
> error message which comes up when I run apt. Here's the output:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 386 not upgraded.
> 4 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Setting up cpio (2.9-6) ...
> Errno architecture (i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi-2.6.18.3) does not
> match executable architecture (i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi-2.6.22.10)
> at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/Errno.pm line 11.
^^^^^
I suspect this could be your problem: you have a local Perl installation
which interferes badly. Why do you need it and could you try to
uninstall it?
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/install-info line 304.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/install-info line 304.
> dpkg: error processing cpio (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
>
> I think the problem centers around install-info which is a part of
> dpkg. I'm currently working around this by disabling the post-removal
> and post-installation scripts.
Not recommended at all, unless you _really_ know what you are doing.
Regards,
Sven
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