On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 14:45:01 +0000, Joe wrote:
> I don't know if it helps, but the current ghostscript on my Deb 12 is
> version 12u6, not 12u5.
>
> What happens when you try:
>
> apt upgrade ghostscript
"apt upgrade" does not take a package name as an argument. It tries
to upgrade *all* of the packages you have.
To upgrade a single package, use "install" instead.
apt update
apt install ghostscript
However, in Richard's case, the package is in state iU (Unpacked),
which indicates that something failed during the installation,
around the Unpacking step.
The first thing I would've checked is "df". Make sure there are no
file systems running out of space.
If the file systems were fine, then I would've done
dpkg --configure -a
to retry whatever failed during or after the Unpacking step. If
that fails, then you should see a message telling you why. Reporting
that message would be an important detail when bringing the issue to
the mailing list.
If that command does nothing at all (because the package isn't ready
for configuration), then I might try removing it, or I might try
"apt update; apt install ghostscript" depending on which one I feel is
more likely to work at that moment.
