[gNewSense-users] broke package management (warning long)

[Lori Nagel]

> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
> [sudo] password for jastiv: 
> Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85eubuntu36) ...
> update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
> 
> Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get -f install
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct 
>
> the problem. 
> 

basically what I did was this:  sudo dpkg --configure -a
(so I was root) then this when I got this message 

update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1
> dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I did this  sudo apt-get -f install

and went back to this
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct 
> the problem. 



----- Original Message ----
From: Aurelien Desbrieres <ice.cube at gmx.com>
To: gnewsense-users at nongnu.org
Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 4:34:12 PM
Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] broke package management (warning long)

On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 13:05 -0800, Lori Nagel wrote:
> For anyone interested in how I broke my package management in gNewSense (a 
> ubuntu derivative)
> read on the terminal commands that I have tried. 
> I still do not understand what I did that led to it not working anymore. 
> 
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ sudo apt-get install gtk-devel
> [sudo] password for jastiv: 
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct 
>
> the problem. 
> 
> jastiv at localhost:~/Programs$ dpkg --configure


You must execute the command in root # dpkg --configure -a

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