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application installation probelms
i was trying to install yahoo messenger(deb version) in my knoppix box but there were some errors
btw, i am a noob
below is the error msg i got
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dpkg -i '//home/knoppix/yahoo.deb' ;echo RESULT=$?
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing //home/knoppix/yahoo.deb (--install):
files list file for package `libgcj4-dev' is missing final newline
Errors were encountered while processing:
//home/knoppix/yahoo.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
RESULT=1
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i tried uninstalling some applications as well(gaim) and was prompted
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< export DEBIAN_FRONTEND; apt-get remove --purge --yes gaim ;echo RESULT=$?
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gaim*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 274 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 6345kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing gaim (--purge):
files list file for package `libgcj4-dev' is missing final newline
Errors were encountered while processing:
gaim
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://non-us.debian.org ./ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_%7ekitame_mozilla_._Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org sid/i386/ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7ebranden_packages_sid_i386_Pac kages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org ./ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7eblade_testing_._Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
RESULT=100
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this line always pops up wheneevr i tried to install/uninstall any app
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files list file for package `libgcj4-dev' is missing final newline
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any help is sincerely appreciated
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