[ubuntu-za] Lost Desktop

[Morgan Collett]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:50, Tim Johnson <tim at pteq.net> wrote:
> tim at timdesk:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
> [sudo] password for tim:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 3 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Misplaced _ in number at /usr/share/perl/5.10/warnings.pm line 336.
> Misplaced _ in number at /usr/share/perl/5.10/warnings.pm line 336.
> Misplaced _ in number at /usr/share/perl/5.10/warnings.pm line 336.
> Bareword found where operator expected at /usr/share/perl/5.10/warnings.pm
> line 336, near "0__chk"
>        (Missing operator before chk?)
> debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (syntax error at
> /usr/share/perl/5.10/warnings.pm line 336, near "0__chk"
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO.pm line 8.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO.pm line 8.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO/Handle.pm line 9.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO/Handle.pm line 9.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO/Seekable.pm line 9.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO/Seekable.pm line
> 9.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO/File.pm line 11.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO/File.pm line 11.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl/5.10/FileHandle.pm line 9.
> Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 3.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 3.
> ) -- aborting
> dpkg: error processing xfwm4 (--configure):
>  package xfwm4 is not ready for configuration
>  cannot configure (current status `triggers-awaited')
> dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:221: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4'
> failed.
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
>
> It looks disastrous!
>
> Tim

I'm not a perl enthusiast... perhaps someone else on the list can
suggest something. Probably there's one file that can be fixed which
will enable the install scripts to succeed and fix this problem.

Regards
Morgan