On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 23:24:33 -0300, Victor Munoz wrote: > Hello. I've got a very complex situation here with perl. I'm running > sid, and last weekend's update left my system partially broken. > Basically, perl was left in a "partially installed" status. This means > that perl itself and several other packages cannot be upgraded because > the system can't find some perl files. > > Currently, I've got several packages flaged for > removal/install/update. So when I start aptitude I press "g", and then > it proceeds to do its stuff, but I get things like this: > > Reading package fields... Done > Reading package status... Done > Retrieving bug reports... Done > Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done > (Reading database ... 206704 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing ttf-liberation ... > Can't locate File/Copy.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl > /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 > /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 > /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/defoma-font line 7. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/defoma-font line 7. > dpkg: error processing ttf-liberation (--purge): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > ttf-liberation > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
[...] > And I guess most of it is due to the fact that perl failed to be > upgraded correctly, for whatever reason I don't understand. If perl works again then all the rest should be fixable with a simple "aptitude install -f". > For reference, perl-base is flagged for update, from 5.8.8-12 to > 5.10.0-16, but currently the perl package has a "B" flag and > perl-modules has a "u" flag, and aptitude says I have version > 5.10.0-16 installed, which is the latest. But they've not been > configured completely, and several things do not work. I think your problem is similar to this one: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/08/msg01904.html You can try to follow the same procedure. I can walk you through it step-by-step if necessary; in that case, start by posting the output of the three commands that I mention in my first message in the August thread. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
