<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> for installing... sudo apt-get install moto4lin Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree       Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:   kpdf ksystemlog krdc krfb kppp libktnef1 konversation krita-data   kubuntu-default-settings libkscan1 python2.4-dev kdeprint adept-manager   kmplayer-konq-plugins ksvg kscreensaver libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 kio-locate   libk3b2 libpythonize0 ksnapshot liblockdev1 kdebluetooth kooka libkipi0   wlassistant libkcal2b openoffice.org-kde adept-installer libkexif1   kdegraphics-kfile-plugins libburn2 konqueror-nsplugins gwenview   libpoppler1-qt libtdb1 adept-updater kdepim-kio-plugins libqt4-qt3support   hwdb-client-kde krita qca-tls libmimelib1c2a klipper libqt4-core kontact   libsqlite0 kdeadmin-kfile-plugins ksmserver ksysguard adept-batch   koffice-data kde-icons-mono kmenuedit pykdeextensions adept   ksplash-engine-moodin kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts ksplash libkleopatra1 skim   kipi-plugins korganizer k3b kdenetwork-kfile-plugins kbstate akregator   kio-apt kwin-style-crystal python-qt4 ark libexif-dev libusb-dev   libgphoto2-2-dev kcron libjasper-runtime adept-common libqt4-gui libksieve0   digikam kdm speedcrunch libkpimidentities1 libskim0 kpf bogofilter-bdb   libkdepim1a kdnssd kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins katapult poster   kdenetwork-filesharing kubuntu-docs knotes bogofilter kde-guidance   libqt4-sql debtags libgsl0 khelpcenter apt-index-watcher kaddressbook   libkpimexchange1 kmailcvt rdiff-backup knetworkconf ksysguardd konq-plugins   libkmime2 language-selector-qt qobex scim-qtimm kwalletmanager kopete   libisofs2 karm kate kmail keep koffice-libs adept-notifier bogofilter-common   kde-guidance-powermanager kde-systemsettings librsync1 kmousetool kmag   kdepim-kresources kdepim-wizards kmilo kmplayer-base python-kde3 kdepasswd Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed:   moto4lin 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 309 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/145kB of archives. After unpacking 483kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously deselected package moto4lin. (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/moto4lin_0.3+cvs20050925-2_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in buffer_read(fd): files list for package `kdelibs-data': Input/output error Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/moto4lin_0.3+cvs20050925-2_i386.deb Processing was halted because there were too many errors. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I'm sure the autoremove list shouldn't be that long. Half of it I installed for KDE! I'll sending removing soon... Farran On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 16:37 +0000, Robert McWilliam wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:22:37 +0000 Farran Lee <<A HREF="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com">fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</A>> wrote: > no, sorry. That won't work either. > (You may have come across this before from me - I have posted it a > couple of times.) Months ago, I attempted to install MythTV and all > it's addons. When it got about half way through the installation > process, it asked for configuration; for a MySQL database. I didn't > really know what it was, thought it was some kind of online > subscription or something. Recently discovered it was something > actually on my computer - except it hadn't been in the dependencies > list for MythTV when it was installing. So I _still_ have a half > installed MythTV, and no MySQL. I can't install or remove anything. I > tried installing MySQL through source (or whatever it is when it > isn't a .deb - basically unarchiving a gzip and using the make > commands etc), but my computer has NEVER liked that process. I would > be hugely pleased if this could be fixed, although I am due to build > a new pc soon. The options for installing stuff are really the package manager or building it from source. Just to encourage my laziness in not going looking for previous threads: what is the output from aptitude when you ask it to install stuff (or remove mythTV)? ________________________________________________________ Robert McWilliam <A HREF="mailto:rmcw@allmail.net">rmcw@allmail.net</A> <A HREF="http://www.ormiret.com">www.ormiret.com</A> vi vi vi - Editor of the beast. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>