Re: Can't install undated pkgs

2000-11-14 Thread John Galt
dpkg --configure --pending to find out which package is the culprit, then either force install it or remove it, depending on how you feel about force installs. the switches needed are in the manpage or dpkg --help. On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, eric k. wolven wrote: > Dear Debians: > > I keep getting

Re: Can't install undated pkgs

2000-11-14 Thread Colin Watson
eric k. wolven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I keep getting "/bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or >directory > E: Write error -write (32-broken pipe) >E: Failure to run script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt" > >O(f course, dpkg-preconfigure is the

Can't install undated pkgs

2000-11-14 Thread eric k . wolven
Dear Debians: I keep getting "/bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: No such file or directory E: Write error -write (32-broken pipe) E: Failure to run script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt" O(f course, dpkg-preconfigure is there in /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure