Maybe I can add my own problem with mldonkey, which seems to be similar to yours (although me being a COMPLETE newbie probably makes it worse). I had installed the Linux version of the SoulSeek file share program called Nicotine (I'm running Dapper Drake). I was having problems getting results for searches and establishing connections and I stumbled upon the mldonkey server and thought that that might help. I encountered an error when installing mldonkey and now cannot re-install or remove/uninstall it from my system- the error I keep getting is: E: mldonkey-server: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 this error is also now also returned when I install Drake updates or try to do other installs though Synaptic or sudo. Does this have anything to with the problem mentioned below? could the fix be the same? I would really like to get rid of mldonkey from my system. thanks. Marty. <div>On 11/19/06, Johan van der Meulen <<a href="mailto:jmeulen@dds.nl">jmeulen@dds.nl</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi I wanted to install mldonkey-server on ubuntu 6.06, but I get an error while installing. The follwoing three lines are shown on the screen (a full screen dump is at the bottom of the email) Creating config file /etc/default/mldonkey-server with new version Starting MLDonkey: mlnetinstall: invalid option -- f Try `install --help' for more information. Somehow the install command does not support the -f option. Removing this option did not work, because after removing the -f option of the install line in /etc/init.d/mldonkey-server I get the following error root@server:~# /etc/init.d/mldonkey-server start Starting MLDonkey: mlnetinstall: missing file operand Try `install --help' for more information. Can you tell me anything on when this bug will be fixed? Thanks in advance I have include the full install screen dump below Johan Installation: root@server:~# apt-get install mldonkey-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: laptop-detect libfreetype6 libgd2-noxpm libjpeg62 libpng12-0 libx11-6 libxau6 libxpm4 ucf x11-common Suggested packages: libfreetype6-dev libgd-tools makejail Recommended packages: debconf-utils The following NEW packages will be installed: laptop-detect libfreetype6 libgd2-noxpm libjpeg62 libpng12-0 libx11-6 libxau6 libxpm4 mldonkey-server ucf x11-common 0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 4598kB of archives. After unpacking 14.0MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Get:1 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com</a> dapper/main laptop-detect 0.12.1-ubuntu2 [2866B] Get:2 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com </a> dapper/main x11-common 7.0.0-0ubuntu45 [35.8kB] Get:3 <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com">http://security.ubuntu.com</a> dapper-security/main libfreetype6 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.2 [415kB] Get:4 <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com"> http://security.ubuntu.com</a> dapper-security/main libgd2-noxpm 2.0.33-2ubuntu5.1 [192kB] Get:5 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com</a> dapper/main libxau6 1:1.0.0-0ubuntu4 [6118B] Get:6 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com</a> dapper/main libx11-6 2:1.0.0-0ubuntu9 [710kB] Get:7 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com</a> dapper/main libjpeg62 6b-11 [ 83.0kB] Get:8 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com</a> dapper/main libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 [111kB] Get:9 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com</a> dapper/main libxpm4 1: 3.5.4.2-0ubuntu3 [32.4kB] Get:10 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com</a> dapper/main ucf 2.004 [39.4kB] Get:11 <a href="http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com">http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com</a> dapper/universe mldonkey-server 2.7.1-2ubuntu2 [2970kB] Fetched 4598kB in 39s (116kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package laptop-detect. (Reading database ... 17045 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking laptop-detect (from .../laptop-detect_0.12.1-ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package x11-common. Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_7.0.0-0ubuntu45_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libxau6. Unpacking libxau6 (from .../libxau6_1%3a1.0.0-0ubuntu4_i386.deb) ... Setting up laptop-detect (0.12.1-ubuntu2) ... Setting up x11-common (7.0.0-0ubuntu45) ... Selecting previously deselected package libx11-6. (Reading database ... 17066 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libx11-6 (from .../libx11-6_2%3a1.0.0-0ubuntu9_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libfreetype6. Unpacking libfreetype6 (from .../libfreetype6_2.1.10- 1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libjpeg62. Unpacking libjpeg62 (from .../libjpeg62_6b-11_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libpng12-0. Unpacking libpng12-0 (from .../libpng12-0_1.2.8rel-5_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libxpm4. Unpacking libxpm4 (from .../libxpm4_1%3a3.5.4.2-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libgd2-noxpm. Unpacking libgd2-noxpm (from .../libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33- 2ubuntu5.1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package ucf. Unpacking ucf (from .../apt/archives/ucf_2.004_all.deb) ... Moving old data out of the way Selecting previously deselected package mldonkey-server. Unpacking mldonkey-server (from .../mldonkey-server_2.7.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Setting up libxau6 (1.0.0-0ubuntu4) ... Setting up libx11-6 (1.0.0-0ubuntu9) ... Setting up libfreetype6 (2.1.10-1ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up libjpeg62 (6b-11) ... Setting up libpng12-0 (1.2.8rel-5) ... Setting up libxpm4 (3.5.4.2-0ubuntu3) ... Setting up libgd2-noxpm (2.0.33-2ubuntu5.1) ... Setting up ucf (2.004) ... Setting up mldonkey-server (2.7.1-2ubuntu2) ... Creating config file /etc/default/mldonkey-server with new version Starting MLDonkey: mlnetinstall: invalid option -- f Try `install --help' for more information. invoke-rc.d: initscript mldonkey-server, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mldonkey-server (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: mldonkey-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>