On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 02:36 PM, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
Since some days apt-get/dpkg fails installing packages. I just called:
sudo apt-get install sed
and it failed with this error message:
[...]
dpkg: error processing docbook-dtd (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of docbook-bundle:
docbook-bundle depends on docbook-dtd (>= 4.1.2); however:
Package docbook-dtd is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing docbook-bundle (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex:
tetex depends on tetex-base (= 2.0.2-2); however:
Package tetex-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tetex (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up sed (4.0.5-1) ...
/sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/sed.postinst: update-alternatives: command not found
dpkg: error processing sed (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
mozilla-browser
mozilla-psm
mozilla-mailnews
mozilla-chatzilla
mozilla-js-debugger
mozilla-dom-inspector
mozilla
tetex-base
docbook-dtd
docbook-bundle
tetex
sed
E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
how can I solve this problem?
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I believe the real error occurs earlier: check further back in your output. Look for a package that couldn't be installed because of a conflict with another package, or something similar.
Alexander K. Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
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