apt-get question

mvp · 08-28-2003, 03:01 AM

hey people

i have been getting these error messages for a while now, and they don't seem to cause any problems.

debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome
debconf: (Unable to load Gnome -- is libgnome-perl installed?)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog

I get that error message just after i have downloaded a package with apt-get and it is getting ready to install it.

i assume it's just because i dont have the above apps. installed, and it dosen't cause any harm, right?

footfrisbee · 08-28-2003, 03:06 AM

You're right, no problems will be caused by this. But you can make the messages go away by running

# dpkg-reconfigure debconf

and selecting something other than gnome.

mvp · 08-28-2003, 03:20 AM

okay thanks man