I decided to update the packages piece by piece, 1 to 3 at a time. When it complained about a package not being compatible I removed it and then re-installed it. Eventually, that did the trick. Now my system is updated and to boot I even installed atlas without any problems.
Thanks, Francis On 2011-01-18, at 10:39 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 1/18/11 10:23 AM, Francis Poulin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I went through the steps as best I can, 10.6 is already installed so I >> couldn't do thins exactly. Unfortunately, I still get the same error. >> >> perl588-core is already installed >> >> If it doesn't like my OS, should I remove fink and then reinstall it? I >> presume if I start fresh it won't have any memory of the old system. >> It'll take some time but is not difficult. >> >> Francis > > Removing Fink shouldn't be necessary. You just have a relatively minor > package glitch. > > What exactly do you mean by "the same error", since you quoted two > separate errors? > > If you're referring to autoconf2.6, try not using apt-get, but instead > use "fink install autoconf2.6". You may find that "update-all" keeps > breaking down, because you have a relatively large list of packages to > update and they'll require swapping of some build dependencies. In that > case, you can get to the same place by updating individual packages. > > If you're referring to the ability to remove xml-sax-expat-pm588 and > xml-sax-pm588, that's a different matter, since you _should_ have a > perl5.8.8 executable now. > > - -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > > >> >> On 2011-01-18, at 8:40 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> >> On 1/17/11 10:32 PM, Francis Poulin wrote: > <snip> > >>>>> sudo apt-get update >>>>> sudo apt-get install autoconf2.6=2.68-1 >>>>> >>>>> Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies >>>>> [caernarvon:~] fpoulin% fink scanpackages > <snip> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ** trying to install xml separately ** >>>>> >>>>> sudo apt-get -f install >> >> 'apt-get -f install' often doesn't do the right thing with Fink. The >> message to use it is hardcoded into apt-get. >> >>>>> Reading Package Lists... Done >>>>> Building Dependency Tree... Done >>>>> Correcting dependencies... Done >>>>> The following packages will be REMOVED: >>>>> xml-sax-expat-pm588 xml-sax-pm588 >>>>> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >>>>> 2 packages not fully installed or removed. >>>>> Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 442kB will be freed. >>>>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] >>>>> (Reading database ... 92429 files and directories currently installed.) >>>>> Removing xml-sax-expat-pm588 ... >>>>> env: perl5.8.8: No such file or directory >>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xml-sax-expat-pm588 (--remove): >>>>> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 >>>>> env: perl5.8.8: No such file or directory >>>>> dpkg: error while cleaning up: >>>>> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 >>>>> Removing xml-sax-pm588 ... >>>>> env: perl5.8.8: No such file or directory >>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xml-sax-pm588 (--remove): >>>>> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 >>>>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>>>> xml-sax-expat-pm588 >>>>> xml-sax-pm588 >>>>> E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >>>>> >>>>> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk01tE4ACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ+R6gCdHqeZnVptV5qABt7AJ1iCjZxq > 2RAAnipTyyZqaPTy4G89d/EPdCvjsPM8 > =rVD2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
