dpkg and apt-get cannot work

[Colin Brace]

On 1/9/07, Yixuan Wang <wangyixuan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have got on well with Ubuntu 6.10 until I found this error:
> I'm using ubuntu server 6.10, after a fresh new install, I ran
> "apt-get upgrade" and it replaced a few packages successfully, but
> right after that, I am not able to use apt-get again any more.
> when I am trying to install gcc or whatever, it always saids
> "dpkg-deb: subprocess <decompress> killed by signal (Segmentation
> fault)". I can figure out that the download is OK, and the problem
> lies in the step of "dpkg-deb --control".
>
> Does anyone have some ideas on this? thanks in advance!

You might try doing the same with "aptitude" which is very similar to
apt-get but it may not make a difference if the problem is wtith
dpkg-deb. You could also try Synaptic, and do a Reload first to see if
that fixes things.

HTH

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  Colin Brace
  Amsterdam