[vox-tech] installation broken packages

Carl Boettiger cboettig at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 18:15:58 PST 2007 

doing dpkg --extract perl-base and copying all the files in its
usr/share/perl/5.8 directory to my /usr/share/perl/5.8 directory fixed my
install problems.  All the .pm files in that directory had become completely
corrupted.

Any idea how I could figure out what corrupted these files in the first
place?

-Carl

On Dec 7, 2007 1:12 PM, Carl Boettiger <cboettig at gmail.com> wrote:

> No luck trying to download and install .deb package:
> cboettig at wiglaf:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i
> xine-ui_0.99.4+dfsg+cvs20061111-2ubuntu2_i386.deb
> [sudo] password for cboettig:
> (Reading database ... 195296 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace xine-ui 0.99.5-2build1 (using
> xine-ui_0.99.4+dfsg+cvs20061111-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xine-ui ...
> Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line 3.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line
> 3.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54.
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 9
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2007 9:16 AM, Jeff Newmiller < jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
> > Carl Boettiger wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have some broken packages which apt-get (also aptitude, synaptic,
> > > adept_manager, dpkg) refuse to fix.  Any idea what's wrong?
> > >
> > > apt-get -f install decides xine-ui is no fully installed.  dpkg
> > > identifes the package as being in a bad state:
> > >
> > > cboettig at wiglaf:~$ sudo dpkg -r xine-ui
> > > dpkg: error processing xine-ui (--remove):
> > >  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> > >  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >  xine-ui
> > >
> > >
> > > However, any attempt to remove, reinstall, or reconfigure xine-ui with
> > > dpkg or any apt program fails.  The error I keep getting is
> > > cboettig at wiglaf:~$ dpkg-reconfigure xine-ui
> > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1.
> >
> > Looks like at least this file is corrupted.  If only a few files
> > are corrupted you might be able to extract this file from the deb
> > file or the deb source and manually replace this file, and repeat until
> > the process starts working.
> >
> > Or, you can start backing up while the system still works and then
> > run hardware diagnostics to insure your hard disk is functioning
> > and then re-install.
> >
> > Or, someone else may suggest something between these extremes...
> >
> > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure line 8.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure line
> > 8.
> > >
> > > Googling unrecognized character \xDE gives me nothing.  (libperl5.8 is
> > > installed).  I'm guessing something with my perl is messed up, but
> > > that's just a wild guess.
> > >
> > > Other packages are also not fully installed: the full output of
> > apt-get
> > > -f install is:
> > >
> > > cboettig at wiglaf:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> > > required:
> > >   cvs recode
> > > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> > > 9 not fully installed or removed.
> > > Need to get 0B/1551kB of archives.
> > > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> > > debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Unrecognized character \xDE at
> > > /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1.
> > > Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 2.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 2.
> > > ) -- aborting
> > > Selecting previously deselected package xine-ui.
> > > (Reading database ... 194787 files and directories currently
> > installed.)
> > > Preparing to replace xine-ui 0.99.5-2build1 (using
> > > .../xine-ui_0.99.5-2build1_i386.deb) ...
> > > Unpacking replacement xine-ui ...
> > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1.
> > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line
> > 3.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm
> > line 3.
> > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54.
> > > dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 9
> > > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1.
> > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line
> > 3.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm
> > line 3.
> > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54.
> > > dpkg: error processing
> > > /var/cache/apt/archives/xine-ui_0.99.5-2build1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> > >  subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 9
> > > Unrecognized character \xDE at /usr/share/perl/5.8/strict.pm line 1.
> > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm line
> > 3.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/File/Glob.pm
> > line 3.
> > > Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-mime line 54.
> > > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> > >  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >  /var/cache/apt/archives/xine-ui_0.99.5-2build1_i386.deb
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > >
> > >
> > > Help would be very much appreciated, I'm at a loss in what to do.
> > >
> > > Carl
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