Re: [Sheflug] Debian Etch Stable

[Lesley Binks <lesley.binks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Ibbotson wrote:
>> If synaptic gives errors about lock files then you need to check
>> the /var/run dir for pids associated with previous instances and
>> then try and find the associated processes and kill them.
>>
>> Then run apt-get update again.
> 
> # apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> E: The package linux-image-2.6.22-3-k7 needs to be reinstalled, but I 
> can't find an archive for it.
> 
> # apt-get -t backports upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> E: The package linux-image-2.6.22-3-k7 needs to be reinstalled, but I 
> can't find an archive for it.
> 
> Hmmm.... where to go from here ?  Also tried the -f option with the 
> same result.
> 
> 
> 
Well, I googled on

'E: The package * needs to be reinstalled, but I  can't find an archive 
for it.'

and found some ubuntu material the most relevant of which seemed to be 
this https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/8872
which includes suggestions like 'apt-get check' to fix broken things. 
There is also apparently an option in synaptic to fix broken packages.

I also looked at 
http://www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/Contents-i386.gz
to see what they had and they do seem to have that kernel image.

Try apt-get check first and see if that repairs the problem.

If not then try removing the image with apt-get remove and then try 
installing it again.

Let us know if anything is successful

Regards

L.




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