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agentforsythe 12-11-2003 06:23 AM
apt-get problem
 
whenever I use apt-get, I get:

Code:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 2111 package `bfbtester':
 `Depends' field, reference to `libc6': version contains ` '
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
I am not able to install any software that depends on libc6, but I can't remove and reinstall libc6 as apt depends on it - help!

Tramontane 12-11-2003 10:52 AM
have you tried doing an 'apt-get update' lately? Maybe that would fix the file in question.

agentforsythe 12-11-2003 10:56 AM
yeah, I tried that - no joy :-(

andrewlkho 12-11-2003 12:06 PM
download from debian the latest .deb of it, then do a dpkg -i *.deb. That should sort it out.

agentforsythe 12-12-2003 05:43 AM
thanks for the advice - alas packages.debian.org is down at the moment (and has been for a couple of weeks). Does anyone know of a reliable mirror?

agentforsythe 12-18-2003 05:02 PM
aargh
 
Quote:
Originally posted by ho_10
download from debian the latest .deb of it, then do a dpkg -i *.deb. That should sort it out.
I tried that - I get:

Code:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 2111 package `bfbtester':
 `Depends' field, reference to `libc6': version contains ` '
any ideas?

agentforsythe 12-19-2003 05:14 AM
anyone?
 
help!


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