It's not the .deb files: those are OK to delete. It looks like tar isn't working right; or maybe you are out of disk space, so that files aren't getting expanded properly. Check out the disk space issue first.
For your gnome panel problem, maybe try doing a 'fink reinstall xchat'. On Thursday 25 July 2002 08:52, sarah smith wrote: > I'm trying to do an update, but I keep getting these errors. I think I may > have screwed up fink some how yesterday when I was deleting old deb files. > I'm not really sure how that would affect updates. > > Here's the error messages I'm getting: > > The following 2 packages will be installed or updated: > gnumeric xfree86-rootless > mkdir -p /sw/src/gnumeric-1.0.9-1 > tar -xzf /sw/src/gnumeric-1.0.9.tar.gz > Failed: directory /sw/src/gnumeric-1.0.9-1/gnumeric-1.0.9 doesn't exist, > check the package description > localhost:/sw/src$ sudo rm -r gnumeric-1.0.9-1/ > localhost:/sw/src$ sudo fink update xfree86-rootless > Information about 1346 packages read in 2 seconds. > mkdir -p /sw/src/xfree86-rootless-4.2.0-3 > tar -xzf /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz > Failed: directory /sw/src/xfree86-rootless-4.2.0-3/xc doesn't exist, check > the package description > localhost:/sw/src$ > > > How can I fix this, or am I truly stuck and need to start over? It just > seems like tar isn't working. Like the files aren't being uncompressed? Is > that possible? > > Please help me. I'm stuck. I was having problems with my gnomepanel, so I > deleted the ~./gnome and that fixed the panel, however now X-Chat isn't in > the menu anymore. > > I thought it was safe to delete old .deb files? Am I mistaken? Do those > need to be kept? > > Thanks for any help, > Sarah > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing > real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! > http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
