Trouble with apt

[Derek Broughton]

Mario Vukelic wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 11:37 -0800, Damien Hull wrote:
>> I think something broke when I tried installing a package.
> 
> Or it was already broken before.
> 
It was:
>>     The following extra packages will be installed:
>>       xchat-gnome-common
>>     The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>       xchat-gnome xchat-gnome-common
>>     0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>>     1 not fully installed or removed.

Right there - something (runit, it turns out) was not completely installed
previously.

> 
> All fine until here.
> 
>>     Setting up runit (1.6.0-1) ...
> 
> It quite clearly seems to say that the problem is with runit. I'd try
> uninstalling it (unless you installed it on purpose and would not be
> able to boot without it)

If memory serves, runit was a prior attempt to do what upstart does now.
-- 
derek