[ILUG] Debian 3 - 2 Issues

[Mark Page]

Gary Coady wrote:

>On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:33:54PM +0000, Mark Page wrote:
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>>2) Following install a couple of window managers refuse to install 
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>For removing a package, best to use dpkg directly when things are going
>wrong.
>dpkg -r <package>
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Thats not working either. To assist in the diagnosis this is the exact 
output

/Setting up fvwm95 (2.0.43ba-15.1) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make 
/usr/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to 
/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager.1.gz: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing fvwm95 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up icewm (1.0.9.2-2) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make 
/usr/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to 
/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager.1.gz: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing icewm (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up twm (4.1.0-13) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make 
/usr/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to 
/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager.1.gz: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing twm (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fvwm95
 icewm
 twm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)/

Any help appreciated

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>Gary.
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