[Tfug] Newbie doesn't understand error message

[tfug@tfug.org]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Bowie J. Poag wrote:

>
>
> > Dou you want to continue (Y/n]
> >
> > I press ENTER or Y and get a third error message
> >
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archive/libopenlddp-runtime_l%3a1.2
> > 12_all.deb (--unpack)
> >
> > I hope that means something to someone because it is
> > gibberish to me.
> >
> > I would appreciate any suggestions on what to try next
>
>
> Red Hat.

Bah. I'd comment on that response, but I don't want to start a flamewar
:-)

About the apt error, though, it sounds like the file might be corrupted.
Could have been corrupted during download or something. First check if its
there, and if it is, delete it (rm /var/cache/apt/archive/whatever.deb),
then run an apt-get -f install and it should redownload the file and
install it.


- Yan