On Wed, 27 Sep 1995, Zachary DeAquila wrote: > > I tried to installt he elv-vi package and got this: > > ---snip-snip-snip-- > > zachs:/binary/editors# dpkg --install elv-vi-1.8pl4-16.deb > Selecting previously deselected package elv-vi. > (Reading database ... 9882 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking elv-vi (from elv-vi-1.8pl4-16.deb) ... > Setting up elv-vi ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/elv-vi.postinst: update-alternatives: command not found > dpkg: error processing elv-vi (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > elv-vi > > ---snip-snip-snip-- > > Like any good linux hacker, I then poked at the script in question > (/var/lib/dpkg/info/elv-vi.postinst) > > And, sure enough, it's expecting a command called 'update-alternatives', that, > as far as I can tell, is supposed to make some symbolic links. Should I > already have this > program? is it a packaging problem? I'm using dpkg 0.93.70, which is pretty > cloe to the latest, > as I recall. > > help? > > --Zachary > > I had problems updating elv-vi also. In addition to what Andrew mentioned about upgrading dpkg you also need /debian/binary/devel/perl-5.001-3.deb installed in order for update-alternatives to run correctly. Needs files from /usr/lib/perl5 such as "POSIX.pm". __ Dick
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