On Mar 7, 2004, at 6:58 PM, Seth Reuter wrote:
i'd vote for reinstalling fink if it won't work as it is. and download the binary installer again, in case the installer you have handy was corrupted during download.Hello,
I'm having trouble installing anything via Fink.
I get the following error regardless of the package I choose to install:
The following package will be installed or updated:
kdebase3-shlibs
The following 3 additional packages will be installed:
kdelibs3 kdelibs3-dev kdelibs3-shlibs
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/kde/kdelibs3- dev_3.2.0-21_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/kde/ kdelibs3_3.2.0-21_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/kde/kdelibs3- shlibs_3.2.0-21_darwin-powerpc.deb
dpkg: parse error, in file `/sw/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 2525 package `db42':
missing version
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 2
Failed: can't batch-install packages: /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/kde/kdelibs3- dev_3.2.0-21_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/kde/ kdelibs3_3.2.0-21_darwin-powerpc.deb /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/kde/kdelibs3- shlibs_3.2.0-21_darwin-powerpc.deb
[Christopher-Lamers-Desktop:~] christop%
Any ideas of what is wrong?
As I said, I get the same error if I try to install Gnome, XMMS, KDE - anything.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Chris
Check /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status, which is a text file, with a text editor (like pico) and see it looks like around line 2525
However, if /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status-old exists, you can copy it try to copy it over /sw/var/lib/dpkg/status .
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documentarian
Day Job: Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
