This worked this time Florian. Thanks alot. just for your info here was the output of the commands you had me run:
tuxlino2:~# dpkg -l libxml-namespacesupport-perl Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=============================-=============================-========================================================================== ii libxml-namespacesupport-perl 1.09-3 Perl module for supporting simple generic namespaces tuxlino2:~# wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libx/libxml-namespacesupport-perl/libxml-namespacesupport-perl_1.09-3_all.deb --2009-04-09 08:44:51-- http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libx/libxml-namespacesupport-perl/libxml-namespacesupport-perl_1.09-3_all.deb Resolving ftp.us.debian.org... 35.9.37.225, 64.50.236.52, 64.50.238.52, ... Connecting to ftp.us.debian.org|35.9.37.225|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 15260 (15K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `libxml-namespacesupport-perl_1.09-3_all.deb' 100%[==================================================================================================>] 15,260 73.3K/s in 0.2s 2009-04-09 08:44:51 (73.3 KB/s) - `libxml-namespacesupport-perl_1.09-3_all.deb' saved [15260/15260] tuxlino2:~# dpkg -i libxml-namespacesupport-perl_1.09-3_all.deb (Reading database ... 226666 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libxml-namespacesupport-perl 1.09-3 (using libxml-namespacesupport-perl_1.09-3_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libxml-namespacesupport-perl ... Setting up libxml-namespacesupport-perl (1.09-3) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... tuxlino2:~# ls -l /usr/share/perl5/XML/ total 1100 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-07 16:25 Atom -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1674 2008-02-11 19:49 Atom.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9853 2008-05-12 11:15 AutoWriter.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9730 2001-05-28 16:20 Catalog.pm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:35 Doctype -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10860 2008-05-12 11:15 Doctype.pm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:27 DOM -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110674 2008-02-03 15:11 DOM.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27063 2004-01-22 06:20 DT.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7516 2007-07-23 14:35 Encoding.pm drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:30 Filter drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:30 Generator -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44677 2007-07-10 11:45 Generator.pm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:30 Handler drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:30 Mini -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7407 2008-02-10 15:29 Mini.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20698 2006-11-17 16:38 NamespaceSupport.pm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:29 Parser drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-06-17 13:42 Sablotron -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29536 2003-08-08 10:55 Sablotron.pm drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-04-07 16:04 SAX -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10416 2008-04-04 09:02 SAX.pm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:25 Simple -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 97039 2007-08-15 06:36 Simple.pm drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:28 Stream -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116836 2007-07-07 18:07 Stream.pm drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-16 10:24 Twig -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 425911 2007-11-17 03:49 Twig.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11993 2007-07-07 18:29 UM.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42319 2008-05-12 11:15 ValidWriter.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39440 2008-03-01 23:40 Writer.pm tuxlino2:~# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: abiword-common autogen avahi-daemon bind9 cpp cpp-3.4 cpp-4.1 cracklib-runtime cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common deskbar-applet dhcp-client discover1 dnsutils eog epiphany-browser epiphany-extensions evince fftw2 gcc gcc-3.4 gcc-3.4-base gcc-4.1 gcc-4.1-base gdm gedit gedit-common gettext ghostscript gij gimp gimp-data gksu gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-art gnome-commander gnome-control-center gnome-keyring gnome-panel gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-terminal gnome-utils gnumeric gnumeric-common gnuplot gnuplot-x11 graphviz grub gstm gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-pixbuf hal iceweasel inkscape kdeaddons kdebase kdeedu kdegraphics kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelibs kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdemultimedia kdenetwork kdepim kdvi khelpcenter kitchensync klaptopdaemon knewsticker-scripts kscreensaver-xsavers ksmserver ksysguard ksysguardd kwifimanager lam-runtime lampython libaa1 libalut0 libapache-authznetldap-perl libaprutil1 libarts1-xine libatk1-ruby libaudio-file-perl libbind-dev libcairo2 libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libdata-formvalidator-perl libdbd-csv-perl libdbd-sybase-perl libdjvulibre21 libedataserverui1.2-8 libenchant1c2a libg2c0 libgail-common libgail18 libgcj-bc libgconf2-ruby libgda2-3 libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby libgimp2.0 libglade2-ruby libglib2-ruby libgnokii3 libgnome-media0 libgnome-window-settings1 libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0 libgraphviz4 libgs8 libgtk2-perl libgtk2-ruby libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgtkspell0 libgucharmap6 libjavascript-perl libmagick10 libmetacity0 libmime-lite-perl libmime-perl libmodule-install-perl libmysql++-dev libnss-lwres libomnithread3-dev libpango1-ruby libpango1.0-0 libparams-classify-perl libplplot9 libpoe-component-client-http-perl libpoe-component-irc-perl libppi-perl librexml-ruby librrds-perl librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libsane libsexy2 libsmbclient libsoap-lite-perl libsvn-perl libsvn1 libtest-class-perl libtest-exception-perl libvte9 libwnck22 libwxgtk2.6-0 libx11-6 libx11-dev libxine1 libxml-csv-perl libxml-rss-perl libxmltv-perl linux-image-2.6-686 lynx mailx metacity module-init-tools mpd nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-data netcat netspeed noatun-plugins octave2.1 openssh-client openssh-server openvpn pciutils planner plplot9-driver-gnome2 podbrowser python-gnome2-desktop python-gnome2-dev python-gnome2-extras python-libgmail python-mode python-openal python-plplot python-pyogg python-simpleparse python-soappy python-twisted-mail python-twisted-words python-vte r-base-core r-cran-boot r-cran-cluster r-cran-foreign r-cran-kernsmooth r-cran-lattice r-cran-mgcv r-cran-nlme r-cran-rpart r-cran-survival r-cran-vr r-recommended rrdtool ruby samba-common smbclient snort snort-common sp ssl-cert subversion svk synaptic system-tools-backends tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra tex-common ttf-dejavu wireless-tools wodim x11-common x11vnc xbase-clients xmltv-util xscreensaver xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-i810 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo xutils yelp 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 279 not upgraded. 12 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up libxml-sax-perl (0.16+dfsg-3) ... Migrating the Perl SAX parser information directory. update-perl-sax-parsers: Unregistering Perl SAX parser XML::SAX::PurePerl with priority 50... update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::SAX::PurePerl with priority 10... update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file... Creating config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version Setting up libxml-libxml-perl (1.66-1+b1) ... update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser with priority 50... update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX with priority 50... update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file... Replacing config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version Setting up libxml-sax-expat-perl (0.40-1) ... update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::SAX::Expat with priority 50... update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file... Replacing config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version Setting up libxml-simple-perl (2.18-1) ... Setting up libconfig-auto-perl (0.20-2) ... Setting up libimage-info-perl (1.28-1) ... Setting up libxml-libxslt-perl (1.66-1) ... Setting up libxml-atom-perl (0.28-1) ... Setting up libxml-sax-writer-perl (0.50-2) ... Setting up libxml-filter-sort-perl (1.01-2) ... Setting up libxml-filter-xslt-perl (0.03-7.1) ... Setting up libxml-sax-machines-perl (0.41-3) ... tuxlino2:~# tuxlino2:~# apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libsufary2 libgstreamer0.8-0 gnome-nettool gs-gpl libcfitsio2 libbeagle0 java-common gnome-themes libart2 libedata-cal1.2-5 libsoup2.2-8 libadns1-bin libttf2 libdata-compare-perl finger powermgmt-base libegroupwise1.2-10 libxmu-dev libecal1.2-6 libxml1 libgdk-pixbuf2 libedataserver1.2-7 libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libmdnkit9 libtotem-plparser1 gtk2-engines-spherecrystal x-dev Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 279 not upgraded. tuxlino2:~# apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libsufary2 libgstreamer0.8-0 gnome-nettool gs-gpl libcfitsio2 libbeagle0 java-common gnome-themes libart2 libedata-cal1.2-5 libsoup2.2-8 libadns1-bin libttf2 libdata-compare-perl finger powermgmt-base libegroupwise1.2-10 libxmu-dev libecal1.2-6 libxml1 libgdk-pixbuf2 libedataserver1.2-7 libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libmdnkit9 libtotem-plparser1 gtk2-engines-spherecrystal x-dev The following packages will be REMOVED finger gnome-nettool gnome-themes gs-gpl gtk2-engines-spherecrystal java-common libadns1-bin libart2 libbeagle0 libcfitsio2 libdata-compare-perl libecal1.2-6 libedata-cal1.2-5 libedataserver1.2-7 libegroupwise1.2-10 libgdk-pixbuf2 libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libgstreamer0.8-0 libmdnkit9 libsoup2.2-8 libsufary2 libtotem-plparser1 libttf2 libxml1 libxmu-dev powermgmt-base x-dev 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 27 to remove and 279 not upgraded. After this operation, 17.7MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 226666 files and directories currently installed.) Removing gnome-nettool ... Removing finger ... Removing gnome-themes ... Removing gs-gpl ... Removing gtk2-engines-spherecrystal ... Removing java-common ... Removing libadns1-bin ... Removing libart2 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libbeagle0 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libcfitsio2 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libdata-compare-perl ... Removing libedata-cal1.2-5 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libecal1.2-6 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libedataserver1.2-7 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libegroupwise1.2-10 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libgdk-pixbuf2 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libgstreamer0.8-0 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libmdnkit9 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libsoup2.2-8 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libsufary2 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libtotem-plparser1 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libttf2 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libxml1 ... ldconfig: /lib/libfwcompiler.so.7 is not a symbolic link ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link Removing libxmu-dev ... Removing powermgmt-base ... Removing x-dev ... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Im still getting these ldconfig: /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 is not a symbolic link tuxlino2:~# ls -o /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5302564 2007-05-22 16:15 /lib/libfwbuilder.so.7 I know its not a symbolic link but a real file itself. why is ldconfig complaining? does ldconfig need a slap or something? Thanks again for your help -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
