On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:

0) Evidently the 4.1 gcc could not build PerlMagick.

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1) Debian sarge could have been updated to etch, and full apt-get package updates competed at some point in the past. However these sources appear to no longer be available?

All debian sarge are considered no longer stable (due to known limitations and issues) for production, but updates and sources have been moved to archive.debian.org (along with etch)

So your /etc/apt/sources.list would now have to be changed to read:

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib

or

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch main contrib

Run:

# apt-get update

Reference: http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive

For people with partially updated sarge to etch, and broken package management:

Go back over the upgrade steps:

Update /etc/apt/sources.list file to reflect the archive repos:

# apt-get update

Search for the latest kernel and install it

# apt-get install linux-image-686.

Expect to run

# apt-get -f install

Review the grub menu list for new kernel and verify it is the default at boot.

# apt-get dist-upgrade

Verify removed, installed and upgraded and let it go…

When prompted choose some options for debconf.

“Dialog” will display debconf questions and you can ignore questions with a priority less than “medium”.

You will be asked if you want to adduser to create sytem-wide readable home dirs. You can opt no (but it does increase security/privacy).

The x-server package may not be installed during an upgrade so you will be warned to check for it following the process.

You will be warned packages changed, for instance ProFTPd may need some help following the upgrade due to some changes in how it’s compiled and configured.

Portmap needed to know if it should be bound to loopback, you can tell it NO.

There were a few other program specific questions that you must answer; just accept the defaults.

When returned to a prompt run

# shutdown -r now

Also see: http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Aptitude_-_using_together_with_Synaptic_and_Apt-get

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