On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:20:32AM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > I think your problem is similar to this one: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/08/msg01904.html > > You can try to follow the same procedure. I can walk you through it > step-by-step if necessary; in that case, start by posting the output of > the three commands that I mention in my first message in the August > thread. >
Well, thanks for the offer. The problem is indeed similar, so I tried to follow the steps, and it kind of work. It seems the problem with perl is gone now, but there are still things blocking aptitude from doing much. The solution for the perl problem involved: dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.10.0-16_i386.deb dpkg --configure perl perl-modules dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/liblocale-gettext-perl_1.05-4_i386.deb dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libtext-iconv-perl_1.7-1+b1_i386.deb dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libtext-charwidth-perl_0.04-5+b1_i386.de Now aptitude install -f does not complain about perl. Thanks for the help! However, aptitude still complains about other things: Removing ttf-liberation ... W: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf: not registered. W: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf: not registered. W: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSerif-BoldItalic.ttf: not registered. [...] dpkg: error processing ttf-liberation (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: ttf-liberation E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up mono-gac (1.9.1+dfsg-4) ... * Installing 1 assembly from libgmime2.2-cil into Mono * Installing 4 assemblies from libmono-addins0.2-cil into Mono * Installing 2 assemblies from libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil into Mono * Installing 1 assembly from libndesk-dbus1.0-cil into Mono * Installing 1 assembly from libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil into Mono ! Assembly /usr/share/cli-common/policies.d/libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil/policy.0.2.Mono.Addins.Gui.dll does not exist ! Assembly /usr/share/cli-common/policies.d/libmono-addins0.2-cil/policy.0.2.Mono.Addins.dll does not exist ! Assembly /usr/share/cli-common/policies.d/libmono-addins0.2-cil/policy.0.2.Mono.Addins.Setup.dll does not exist dpkg: error processing mono-gac (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mono-runtime: mono-runtime depends on mono-gac (= 1.9.1+dfsg-4); however: Package mono-gac is not configured yet. [...] Errors were encountered while processing: mono-gac mono-runtime libmono2.0-cil libgconf2.0-cil libmono-addins0.2-cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil libmono1.0-cil libgnome2.0-cil libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil I think the 'mono' problems and the failure to purge ttf-liberation package are different problems, but don't know for sure. There are several other packages flagged for removal, but aptitude stops trying after failing the first one. Now, for the record, the detail of the solution for the perl problem: This was the situation I started from: $ dpkg -l perl\* | awk '/^i/{print $1,$2,$3}' iU perl 5.10.0-16 ii perl-base 5.8.8-12 iU perl-modules 5.10.0-16 ii perl-tk 1:804.027-8 ii perlmagick 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2 Pod/Usage.pm and File/Copy.pm, for instante, did not exist in the 5.8.8 tree, but they were in the 5.10.0 tree: $ stat /usr/share/perl/5.10.0/File/Copy.pm File: /usr/share/perl/5.10.0/File/Copy.pm' Size: 16067 Blocks: 32 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 1642h/5698d Inode: 6439962 Links: 1 Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2008-10-26 12:05:43.000000000 -0300 Modify: 2008-10-05 09:44:39.000000000 -0400 Change: 2008-10-26 12:06:01.000000000 -0300 # apt-get install perl-base=5.10.0-16 did not work, but dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.10.0-16_i386.deb did: # dpkg -l perl\* | awk '/^i/{print $1,$2,$3}' iU perl 5.10.0-16 ii perl-base 5.10.0-16 iU perl-modules 5.10.0-16 ii perl-tk 1:804.027-8 ii perlmagick 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2 # dpkg --configure perl perl-modules Setting up perl-modules (5.10.0-16) ... Setting up perl (5.10.0-16) ... # dpkg -l perl\* | awk '/^i/{print $1,$2,$3}' ii perl 5.10.0-16 ii perl-base 5.10.0-16 ii perl-modules 5.10.0-16 ii perl-tk 1:804.027-8 ii perlmagick 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2 Then, aptitude install -f did things. It complained three times. First: /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/perl5/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr So I installed manually: dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/liblocale-gettext-perl_1.05-4_i386.deb And then aptitude install -f complained again: /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/perl5/auto/Text/Iconv/Iconv.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr So I installed manually again: dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libtext-iconv-perl_1.7-1+b1_i386.deb Finally, complained about /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/perl5/auto/Text/CharWidth/CharWidth.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libtext-charwidth-perl_0.04-5+b1_i386.deb and finally most unconfigured packages were could be configured with aptitude install -f. Regards, Victor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]