thanks. On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hi Charles, > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 09:24:44AM -0500, Charles Zeitler wrote: >> it froze before fully configured, and i killed apt. >> now I get the message to do "sudo dpkg --configure -a" >> whenever i use apt/synaptic. >> >> when I try "sudo dpkg --configure -a", however, it also freezes before >> finishing configuration. > > What happens if you use dpkg -r to remove initramfs-tools and try > installing it again with apt?
sudo dpkg --dry-run -r initramfs-tools dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of initramfs-tools: linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.120+deb8u2) | linux-initramfs-tool; however: Package initramfs-tools is to be removed. Package linux-initramfs-tool is not installed. Package initramfs-tools which provides linux-initramfs-tool is to be removed. linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.120+deb8u2) | linux-initramfs-tool; however: Package initramfs-tools is to be removed. Package linux-initramfs-tool is not installed. Package initramfs-tools which provides linux-initramfs-tool is to be removed. dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--remove): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: initramfs-tools > > Cheers, > Andy > > -- > https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > -- The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good Enough
