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JeffLangille83 05-11-2008 01:58 PM

Installing Tk8.3 on an Emmbedded ARM
 
Hello,

I have been trying to get libx11-6 and tk8.3 installed on my TS-7300 single board computer. The package is required by some drivers I need to install to run an Apogee U47 Camera. I am using Debians apt-get utility to get packages from:

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free

When I try to install it I get the following error (see below in ****)


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root@ts7000:tk8.3.1# apt-get install tk8.3
o type or storag
The following NEW packages will be installed:
tk8.3
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 147 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/803kB of archives.
After unpacking 2200kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package tk8.3.
(Reading database ... 15011 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking tk8.3 (from .../tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_arm.deb) ...
Setting up libx11-6 (1.0.3-7) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libx11-6.postinst: line 765: cmp: command not found
fmt: invalid width: `0'
dpkg: error processing libx11-6 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tk8.3:
tk8.3 depends on libx11-6; however:
Package libx11-6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tk8.3 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libx11-6
tk8.3
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Ive been beating my head against the wall for a week or so trying to sort out what might be causing this but I cant find anything. The Debian Kernel version is 2.4.26-ts11.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff

makuyl 05-11-2008 02:50 PM

The cmp command comes from the diff package, so at least check if it's installed.
Then do "dpkg --configure -a"

JeffLangille83 05-11-2008 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by makuyl (Post 3150114)
The cmp command comes from the diff package, so at least check if it's installed.
Then do "dpkg --configure -a"

Thank you very much. It worked!! I am extemely greatful.

Jeff

makuyl 05-12-2008 02:07 PM

No problem.
Btw, apt and dpkg give often good tips on why an install script is failing. So check the output.
OTOH, the package maintainers could have been nice enough to set diff as a dependency.


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