On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 19:03:57 -0800, David Fox wrote: > On 3/7/08, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I took a clean install of etch up to lenny on a debian-speakup disk and > > tried adding the desktop environment using tasksel. Aptitude failed since > > I suspect at least 10 of those packages had errors on the installation > > Hi Jude - > > Aptitude keeps a log of the session(s) in /var/log/aptitude. It mostly > is a transcript of what > packages were removed, installed, updated, that sort of thing. It may > not contain the stuff you are interested in, however. > > /var/log/dpkg contains the most recent transcript of dpkg actions. > > I'll bet, however, that in /var/log/apt you will find the transcript > for what you're looking for, in > /var/log/apt/term.log.
If that does not help you then you can run "aptitude install -f" in a script session. This command tells aptitude to fix all broken packages, so you should get a nice transcript of all the problems it encounters trying to do that. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
