On Thursday 16 January 2003 07:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:23:55PM -0500, Richard Beri wrote: > > I tried installing kde3 from Karolina, it didn't install completely and > > now kde is broken altogether. Apt-get is hanging on kdebase-audiolibs, > > it says it is missing version number in /var/lib/dpkg/status near > > line#2500. I can't apt-get -f install or apt-get upgrade or anything. > > I am using testing. Thanks, > > You have to edit that file as root. Be very careful, you don't want to > screw it up :-) Basically, you're going to find a screwy character (or > two or three) in there, near that line. It should be fairly obvious what > the fix is once you see it (just compare vs. the surrounding packages). > > HTH, > > D.A.Bishop
Just in case: 'vi /var/lib/dpkg/status +2500' will take you to the spot. -- Greg Madden
