system freeze installing libxine1

[Todd Deshane]

On 6/26/05, Todd Slater <dontodd at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 01:02:54AM -0400, Todd Deshane wrote:
> >
> > On 6/23/05, Todd Slater <[1]dontodd at columbus.rr.com<http://columbus.rr.com>> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I try to keep my system up to date, but I haven't been able to
> > install
> > recent updates because my system freezes when trying to install
> > libxine1.
> > When I run the update util (red icon notifying me updates are
> > available), it says some packages will be held back and that I need
> > to
> > run apt-get dist-upgrade or synaptic smart upgrade. Since I
> > couldn't
> > find anything like that in synaptic, I ran apt-get.
> >
> > The smart upgrade option is in Settings->Preferences-> System
> > Upgrade:
> > but I don't think that is the problem that you are after.
> > try this
> > sudo apt-cache --installed rdepends libxine1
> > that should tell you which packages (filtering on the
> > installed ones) that depend on libxine1
> > for me it is only gxine.
> > then you can decide if you want to remove that package
> > and libxine1
> 
> sudo apt-cache --installed rdepends libxine1 reports that nothing depends 
> on
> libxine1.
> 
> So I tried removing it but got a message that the package was badly
> broken and needed re-installed.
> 
> sudo apt-get install libxine1 dies on error:
> 
> Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/main libxine1
> 1.0-1ubuntu3.1 [3750kB]
> Fetched 3750kB in 13s (281kB/s)
> 
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> Selecting previously deselected package libxine1.
> (Reading database ... 101668 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace libxine1 1.0-1ubuntu3 (using
> .../libxine1_1.0-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libxine1 ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxine1_1.0-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> unable to install new version of `./usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/post':
> Input/output error
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxine1_1.0-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> sudo apt-get remove libxine1 reports:
> 
> Removing libxine1 ...
> dpkg: error processing libxine1 (--remove):
> cannot remove `/usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/xineplug_decode_nsf.so':
> Permission denied
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libxine1
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> I seem to be running around in circles here; I can't remove it until I
> fix it, but I can't fix it!
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Todd

 
Sounds like it is in some broken state....

did you try: sudo apt-get -f install ?

What are the permissions on 
/usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0//xineplug_decode_nsf.so ?

try to change the permissions and run the remove
again. 

regards,
Todd
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