apt-get problem

agentforsythe · 12-11-2003, 06:23 AM

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

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

help!