apt-get broken because of perl?
 

I'm using debian testing and am now getting this cryptic message whenever I try to apt-get install:
Anyone care to decipher?. Can't install anything right now.

TIA,
Mike.

Hi Mike,
Have you looked at what they suggest to look at?
Just type and look at the section "Immediate-Configure". That may give you a clue about what's going on.
ciao,
jdk

tnx for replying. looked there already, didn't understand how the info there is of any help.

Does the command also produce the same error?
Does the same thing happen if you replace apt-get with aptitude?
ciao,
jdk

yes. I've tried aptitude & synaptic. they basically produce the same error message of apt-get install.

Look here (there is a link to a bug report too):
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=69155

I read about it more than once the last few weeks (apt and perl trouble), but i myself did not run into it. Look here (as another example):
http://www.debianuserforums.org/view...238&hilit=perl

Have you tried these?
jdk

doesn't work.

dpkg --configure -a:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl:
perl depends on perl-modules (>= 5.12.4-4); however:
Version of perl-modules on system is 5.10.1-14.
perl depends on libdb5.1; however:
Package libdb5.1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing perl (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
perl

apt-get -f install:
E: Could not perform immediate configuration on already unpacked 'perl'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details.

Try this: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/deb...cy-issues.html and look at post #4 from our very own Craigevil
ciao,
jdk