Joydeep Bakshi wrote: > Hi debian users, > > this is my very first mail at this list. I was a RH user but after knowing > about debian I have changed my linux box to debian permanently. I really > enjoy this disto. of linux as it comes with huge packages and some strong > technical design. recently I have faced a very serious problem in debian. I > have executed *aptitude install lg-all* and after that when ever I > try to run aptitude to install or remove it says > > Reading Package Lists... Done > Segmentation faulty Tree... 71% > > I have also executed *apt-get check* but it also provided exactly the same > as above. now I am in a situation where I can't install or remove any > packages from my system . could any one pleaseee help me to repair the > aptitude ? ( I have ran memtest and out put didn't show any error ) > > thanks in advanced. > > Don't panic! Have you tried to run dselect? Its an alternative to aptitude. It should be installed on your machine, since it is hardwired together with dpkg, which is the basic tool for installing and removing packages. If dselect doesn't work either, than you can still download packages manually via ftp or http, and install them using dpkg. Good luck Harri
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