On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 11:59:13AM +0100, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote: > I am trying to install some packages on a Zaurus SL C860 > where I am running a Debian Sarge as described on > http://pocketworkstation.org/ > on a 1 GB SD card. I flashed Opie 1.2 as the base system. > > I was able to perform "apt-get install thuban" > which loaded quite some MBs. However, it turned > out that thuban does not work so I decided to > "apt-get build-dep thuban". This got struck somehow. > I was able to install some of the packages manually, > but e.g. this does does not work: > > | ~# apt-get install python-dev > | Reading Package Lists... Done > | Building Dependency Tree... Done > | The following extra packages will be installed: > | python2.3-dev > | Suggested packages: > | libc6-dev libc-dev > | The following NEW packages will be installed: > | python-dev python2.3-dev > | 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 156 not upgraded. > | Need to get 0B/1809kB of archives. > | After unpacking 5837kB of additional disk space will be used. > | Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > | dpkg: error processing > | /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.3-dev_2.3.4-13_arm.deb (--unpack): > | failed to rmdir/unlink `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci': Input/output error > | dpkg: error processing > | /var/cache/apt/archives/python-dev_2.3.4-4_all.deb (--unpack): > | failed to rmdir/unlink `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci': Input/output error > | Errors were encountered while processing: > | /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.3-dev_2.3.4-13_arm.deb > | /var/cache/apt/archives/python-dev_2.3.4-4_all.deb > | E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > I am a bit clueless about this. Any help/hint very much appreciated!
OK, this healed the situation for now: rm /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci It was a strange error message though. Maybe dpkg should handle such situations? -- Jan-Oliver Wagner http://intevation.de/~jan/ Intevation GmbH http://intevation.de/ FreeGIS http://freegis.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
