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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Henry Bremridge wrote: > Many apologies: problem solved. I was backing up my hard-drive and was > storing the backup in /backup. I ran out of space on hda1.... > > Anyway have removed gaim, reinstalled it, (tried to run it and again it > segfaulted), have removed the thing > > Have installed centericq... > > > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 10:16:51PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: >> On Friday 03 February 2006 9:56 pm, Henry Bremridge wrote: >>> However: >>> 1/ Apt-get remove gaim doesn't >> Not because of a problem with the gaim package, I suspect you would get >> exactly the same problem installing or removing any package at the moment. >> You need to fix the dpkg error first. >> >> What happens if you use: >> # apt-get -f install >> >> If that completes without errors, try installing libgpgme11 again (yes, >> install, not remove) and it that completes OK (or reports it is up to date), >> return again to your other (unrelated) apt-get tasks. >> >>> The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems >>> configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using >>> dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect: >>> libgpgme11 GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy >>> >>> When I run dpkg --configure libgpgme11, then I get the error >>> message "subprocess post-installation script returned error >>> exit status 1" >> OK, that's the very, very last line. The actual bug is somewhere above that >> line. >> :-) >> >>> When I try dpkg --remove gaim then I get the same error >>> message as above "subprocess ...etc etc" >> You'll continue to get the same until the last dpkg instruction (gpgme) is >> completed. Installing or removing any package will raise the error. >> >>> - How do I find out what other programs rely on libgpgme11: or how do >>> I configure it >> If apt-get -f install (the -f is vital) doesn't solve it, try installing >> libgpgme11 (yes, install - remove will probably require the removal of >> working packages that you actually want to retain). Then watch the errors >> carefully and find out where libgpgme11 is *really* failing. >> It's usually the bleeding obvious... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD5Ikmz3Av8JKgzxQRAgIoAJ4gaQkAk+bOTraqBHLeF9FTLX9UiQCfYuHT VwykCVqM4qKDixBBumUOZgc= =m07G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html