Package: libtinfo5 Version: 5.9-10_i386 In attempting to run debootstrap to install Debian (i386 wheezy) from another distribution's LiveCD, the following symptoms are observed.
When trying to chroot and run bash, it complains: $ sudo LANG=C.UTF-8 chroot /mnt/mydeb /bin/bash /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory In debootstrap.log, potentially related entries show up: $ cat /mnt/mydeb/debootstrap/debootstrap.log tar: ./usr/share/doc/libncurses5: Cannot create symlink to `libtinfo5': File exists tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors tar: ./usr/share/doc/libncurses5: Cannot create symlink to `libtinfo5': File exists tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org