dpkg error

[Derek Broughton]

Nigel Ridley wrote:

> I just installed a package on my daughter's Feisty box and whilst doing
> so, apt gave a message about unneeded packages which I could remove with
> 'apt-get autoremove'. The list included a bunch of games and linux
> headers. I took note of the games (so as to install them again - I wasn't
> sure if there were newer new-named packages or not) and didn't worry about
> the linux headers package as I have an older kernel installed - so I did
> as suggested.
> Everything was going OK until apt got to the linux headers and
> complained about not being able to remove a makefile inside the /nfsd
> dir - permission denied.
> I tried again after booting into the older kernel - no joy!
> I tried as root from the older kernel rescue mode - apt complained that
> it couldn't execute dpkg!
> 
> I tried rebooting into the normal older kernel and now am stuck with:
> Could not exec dpkg!
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (100)
> 
> Any ideas? I can't install or remove anything at the moment.

Go back to the correct kernel, fix the permissions on the nfsd directory,
and try again.

Why would you boot into a different kernel, when the answer was given to you
in the first try?
-- 
derek