[Wolves] apt help please

[Jono Bacon]

Hi Re-LoaD,

Do a:

  apt-cache search linuxconf

that may bring up an installable package. Which
distribution are you using - stable/testing/unstable?

You may also want to look at http://www.apt-get.org/.

  Jono

--- Re-LoaD's LUG Mail <lug@networks.homeip.net>
wrote:
> Thanks Aq
>     I think there is a prob see output... can you
> give me a good list of
> sources..
> networks:~# apt-get --purge remove linuxconf
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   linuxconf*
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove
> and 144 not upgraded.
> 1 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 15.1MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> (Reading database ... 17048 files and directories
> currently installed.)
> Removing linuxconf ...
> Deactivating Linuxconf/askrunlevel at boot time...
> done.
> dpkg - warning: while removing linuxconf, directory
> `/etc/linuxconf' not
> empty so not removed.
> Purging configuration files for linuxconf ...
> networks:~# apt-get install linuxconf
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Package linuxconf has no available version, but
> exists in the database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned
> in a dependency and
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not
> available with the contents
> of sources.list
> E: Package linuxconf has no installation candidate
> networks:~#
>   cheers
> Re-
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Aquarius" <aquarius-lists@kryogenix.org>
> To: <wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Wolves] apt help please
> 
> 
> Re-LoaD's LUG Mail spoo'd forth:
> > Hi can anyone give me a bit of help what ever I
> try to install or up date
> > with apt-get I get errors
> >
> > Setting up linuxconf (1.26r4-2) ...
> > update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/linuxconf exists during
> rc.d purge (continuing)
> > update-rc.d: symlink: File exists
> > dpkg: error processing linuxconf (--configure):
> > subprocess post-installation script returned error
> exit status 17
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > linuxconf
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error
> code (1)
> >
> >
> >
> > what does it all mean ??
> 
> Hm. What that means, I think, is that a file existed
> where no file was
> expected, and so dpkg (which is actually the Debian
> package manager;
> apt is just a handy front end) threw a wobbler when
> setting up a link.
> update-rc.d is the thing which maintains the startup
> scripts in
> /etc/{init,rc?}.d and that's what actually wobbled.
> 
> Try apt-get --purge remove linuxconf and then
> apt-get install
> linuxconf.
> 
> Aq.
> 
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