On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:22:38PM +0100, kellyh wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 11:18:15PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > I uninstalled pretty much everything from potato - and left just a > > > skeleton system for the upgrade. Apt-get -f dist-upgrade and then > > > waited. After downloading apt freaked out (I can't remember at which > > > point), so I used dselect to see if that could sort it out. It wanted > > > to download another 40MB, for a complete upgrade I guess. Fine, so I > > > waited some more. Now it's done it is having difficulty with > > > configuring debconf: > > > > > > Setting up debconf (1.1.14) ... > > > no type given for question at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line > > > 15. > > > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > debconf > > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > > > And obviously loads of important stuff ain't getting done. > > > How do I get out of this one? > > > > OK, Not bad. You need to install many basic packages before getting > > debconf running. > > > > # cd /var/cache/apt/archives > > # dpkg -i libc<TAB><RET> > > # dpkg -i perl*<RET> > > # dpkg -i apt*<RET> > > # dpkg -i debconf*<RET> > > # apt-get -f upgrade > > Hello, I did this and libc* perl* apt* are all installed and configured, > but it still won't configure debconf... > > Setting up debconf (1.1.4) ... > no type given for question at /usr/share/perl15/Debconf/Question.pm line > 15. > dpkg: error processing debconf (--install): > subprocess post-installlation script returned error exit status 255
Mmm. So I formatted (well, what can I say), reinstalled Potato, changed sources.list to unstable, apt-get update and then apt-get apt dpkg debconf, and I've got the same problem. Can you upgrade from Potato to Sid? When is Woody coming out? :) Harvey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
