I guess it all comes down to the "Too many links" error message. I'm not sure what it means. Do you have a bunch of symbolic links on your system?
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 10:57, guy lauquin wrote: > >Try rebuilding (fink rebuild) tcltk-shlibs. > > > >On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 22:33, guy lauquin wrote: > >> Have you tried installing it with apt-get now that the binary > >> distribution is out? > >> > >> I just tried and got the following results: > >> [chamaerops:~] guy% sudo apt-get install tcltk-dev > >> Reading Package Lists... Done > >> Building Dependency Tree... Done > >> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > >> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > >> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > >> or been moved out of Incoming. > >> > >> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > >> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > >> that package should be filed. > >> The following information may help to resolve the situation: > >> > >> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > >> tcltk-dev: Depends: tcltk-shlibs (= 8.3.4-1) but 8.4.1-1 is to > >>be installed > >> E: Sorry, broken packages > >> > >> What does it mean? I also ran "fink list": > >> > >> ------ > >> tcltk 8.4.1-1 Tool Command Language and the Tk toolkit. > >> tcltk-dev 8.4.1-1 Tool Command Language and the > >>Tk toolkit. > >> i tcltk-shlibs 8.4.1-1 Tool Command Language and the > >>Tk toolkit. > >> ------- > >> Apparently tcltk-shlibs 8.4.1-1 is already installed. > >> I also tried with "dselect" but unfortunately this command doesn't > >> work anymore!! > >> Error opening terminal: vt100. > >> > >> Thanks for your help > >> -- > > > Guy Lauquin > >-- > >Alexander K. Hansen > >Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > >visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > >Levitated Dipole Experiment > >175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > >Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > Thank you. > So here are the results: > > ---- > dpkg -i > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/languages/tcltk-shlibs_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/languages/tcltk_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/languages/tcltk-dev_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > (Reading database ... 20916 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace tcltk-shlibs 8.4.1-1 (using > .../tcltk-shlibs_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement tcltk-shlibs ... > Selecting previously deselected package tcltk. > Unpacking tcltk (from .../tcltk_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Unpacking tcltk-dev (from .../tcltk-dev_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/languages/tcltk-dev_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > (--install): > unable to make backup link of `./sw/lib/libtclstub8.4.a' before > installing new version: Too many links > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Setting up tcltk-shlibs (8.4.1-1) ... > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tcltk: > tcltk depends on tcltk-dev (= 8.4.1-1); however: > Package tcltk-dev is not installed. > dpkg: error processing tcltk (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/languages/tcltk-dev_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > tcltk > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > [chamaerops:~] guy% rwin-powerpc.deb > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/languages/tcltk_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/languages/tcltk-dev_8.4.1-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > > This rebuilding is expecting "tcltk-dev" which i cannot install. > Vicious circle? > Any idea? > What is rwin-powerpc.deb? The system printed out the name of some file which got overwritten by your prompt. Pay it no mind. > -- > > > ********************************************************** > Guy Lauquin. > IBGC/CNRS 1 rue C. St. Saens, 33077 Bordeaux-cedex France > tel.(33) 556 99 90 37 fax: (33) 556 99 90 63 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
