Cannot Install Any Programs

groberts1980 · 08-14-2006, 03:16 PM

sudo apt-get install pptp-linux

Yields the following:

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
pptp-linux is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up emacs21 (21.4a-3ubuntu2) ...
emacs-install emacs21
install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Loading 50festival (source)...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-loaddefs.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc
Done
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs21
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.elc
Done
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs21
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars (source)...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Loading 50festival (source)...
Wrote /etc/emacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
Done
install/speedbar: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Loading 50festival (source)...
Source file `/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.el' newer than byte-compiled file
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/bigclock.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/rpm.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-ant.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-gud.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-html.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-image.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-info.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-rmail.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-texinfo.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-w3.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar.el:
!! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-loaddefs.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-load.elc
Done
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/speedbar emacs21 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 5.
dpkg: error processing emacs21 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up emacs-snapshot-nox (20060114-1) ...
emacs-install emacs-snapshot
install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Skipping dictionaries-common setup for emacs-snapshot
Loading 50festival (source)...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc
install/dictionaries-common: Skipping byte-compilation for emacs-snapshot
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs-snapshot
Loading 00debian-vars (source)...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Skipping dictionaries-common setup for emacs-snapshot
Loading 50festival (source)...
Wrote /etc/emacs-snapshot/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
install/speedbar: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Skipping dictionaries-common setup for emacs-snapshot
Loading 50festival (source)...
Source file `/usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.el' newer than byte-compiled file
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/bigclock.elc

In dframe-frame-mode:
dframe.el:343:29:Warning: `make-variable-buffer-local' should be called at
toplevel
dframe.el:319:38:Warning: `make-variable-buffer-local' should be called at
toplevel
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.elc

In toplevel form:
rpm.el:39:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

In toplevel form:
sb-ant.el:44:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

In toplevel form:
sb-gud.el:49:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

In toplevel form:
sb-html.el:52:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

In toplevel form:
sb-image.el:37:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

In toplevel form:
sb-info.el:53:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-rmail.elc

In toplevel form:
sb-texinfo.el:97:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

In toplevel form:
sb-w3.el:57:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

In toplevel form:
speedbar.el:66:1:Error: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-load.elc
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/speedbar emacs-snapshot failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 5.
dpkg: error processing emacs-snapshot-nox (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cedet-common:
cedet-common depends on emacs21 | emacsen; however:
Package emacs21 is not configured yet.
Package emacs21-nox which provides emacs21 is not installed.
Package emacsen is not installed.
Package emacs21 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
Package emacs21-nox which provides emacsen is not installed.
Package emacs-snapshot-nox which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing cedet-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of eieio:
eieio depends on emacs21 | emacsen; however:
Package emacs21 is not configured yet.
Package emacs21-nox which provides emacs21 is not installed.
Package emacsen is not installed.
Package emacs21 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
Package emacs21-nox which provides emacsen is not installed.
Package emacs-snapshot-nox which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
eieio depends on cedet-common; however:
Package cedet-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing eieio (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of speedbar:
speedbar depends on cedet-common; however:
Package cedet-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing speedbar (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
emacs21
emacs-snapshot-nox
cedet-common
eieio
speedbar
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I've tried removing emacs21, but it won't do that either. I can't install any programs, because it always gives me these errors at the bottom.

camorri · 08-14-2006, 03:40 PM

Have you tries installing pptp-linux using the Synaptic Package Manager? It is supposed to resolve dependencies.

groberts1980 · 08-14-2006, 03:48 PM

Synaptec gives me this error:

E: emacs21: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: emacs-snapshot-nox: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: cedet-common: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: eieio: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: speedbar: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

fragos · 08-14-2006, 04:28 PM

It may not help this time but have you enabled the universe and multiverse repositories. Given that pptp-linux is a ubuntu supported package I'm surprised Synaptic has a problem. Perhaps your use of apt-get outside of the Ubuntu repositories changed versions of those referenced packages which for sum reason aren't compatible with the repository. If that's not the case, you might want to file a bug with Ubuntu.