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From: Florian Kulzer on 4 Sep 2009 05:00
On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 19:06:41 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:09:07 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> >>Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >>>On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:26:06 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> >>>>Before the end of install process, I got
> >>>>this message :
> >>>>
> >>>>"
> >>>>Configuring libc6
> >>>[...]
> >>>
> >>>>Do you want to upgrade glibc now ?
> >>>>"
> >>>>
> >>>>I replied 'no', and, so far, I have not attempted to continue this
> >>>>install process of 'audacity' and the upgrade of glibc.
> >>>[...]
> >>>
> >>>>Ever since then, I am encountering problems and error messages when
> >>>>trying to install something. For instance, if I do :
> >>>>
> >>>>#apt-get install gphoto2
> >>>>
> >>>>the install process starts... then :
> >>>>
> >>>>"
> >>>>Can't exec "locale": no file or directory of this type at
> >>>>/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 16.
> >>>>Use of uninitialized value $Debconf::Encoding::charmap in scalar
> >>>>chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 17.
> >>>>dpkg : « ldconfig » not found in the variable PATH.
> >>>>dpkg: 1 expected program not found in the variable PATH.
> >>>>NB : the variable PATH of the superuser should contain
> >>>>/usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin et /sbin.
> >>>>E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

[...]

> >>new-host:/home/bd# dpkg -l libc6\* libc-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'
> >>Souhait=inconnU/Installé/suppRimé/Purgé/H=à garder
> >>rc libc-bin 2.9-25
> >>un libc-dev <néant>
> >>ii libc6 2.7-18
> >>ii libc6-dev 2.7-18
> >>ii libc6-i686 2.7-18
> >>un libc6.1 <néant>

[...]

> Here is what I get :
>
> file /sbin/ldconfig
> /sbin/ldconfig: ERROR: cannot open `/sbin/ldconfig' (No such file or directory)
>
> dpkg -L libc6 | grep ldconfig
> (it just returns the shell, nothing else)

It seems that dpkg is confused: It claims that libc6 version 2.7-18 is
installed without problems, but it does not know about /sbin/ldconfig
and the file itself is not present on your system.

> root(a)new-host:/home/bd# echo $PATH
> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

That is OK at least.

I propose to try reinstalling libc6 2.7-18 with dpkg. The necessary .deb
file should still be in your apt cache, so this might work:

dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_*.deb

If the .deb is missing then you can download it manually with your
favorite browser:

http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libc6

(Scroll down to the section "Download libc6" and click on the link for
your architecture in the table.)

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From: Bernard on 4 Sep 2009 07:10
Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 19:06:41 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>
>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:09:07 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:26:06 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Before the end of install process, I got
>>>>>> this message :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "
>>>>>> Configuring libc6
>>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you want to upgrade glibc now ?
>>>>>> "
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I replied 'no', and, so far, I have not attempted to continue this
>>>>>> install process of 'audacity' and the upgrade of glibc.
>>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever since then, I am encountering problems and error messages when
>>>>>> trying to install something. For instance, if I do :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #apt-get install gphoto2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the install process starts... then :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "
>>>>>> Can't exec "locale": no file or directory of this type at
>>>>>> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 16.
>>>>>> Use of uninitialized value $Debconf::Encoding::charmap in scalar
>>>>>> chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 17.
>>>>>> dpkg : � ldconfig � not found in the variable PATH.
>>>>>> dpkg: 1 expected program not found in the variable PATH.
>>>>>> NB : the variable PATH of the superuser should contain
>>>>>> /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin et /sbin.
>>>>>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
>>>>>>
>
> [...]
>
>
>>>> new-host:/home/bd# dpkg -l libc6\* libc-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'
>>>> Souhait=inconnU/Install�/suppRim�/Purg�/H=� garder
>>>> rc libc-bin 2.9-25
>>>> un libc-dev <n�ant>
>>>> ii libc6 2.7-18
>>>> ii libc6-dev 2.7-18
>>>> ii libc6-i686 2.7-18
>>>> un libc6.1 <n�ant>
>>>>
>
> [...]
>
>
>> Here is what I get :
>>
>> file /sbin/ldconfig
>> /sbin/ldconfig: ERROR: cannot open `/sbin/ldconfig' (No such file or directory)
>>
>> dpkg -L libc6 | grep ldconfig
>> (it just returns the shell, nothing else)
>>
>
> It seems that dpkg is confused: It claims that libc6 version 2.7-18 is
> installed without problems, but it does not know about /sbin/ldconfig
> and the file itself is not present on your system.
>
>
>> root(a)new-host:/home/bd# echo $PATH
>> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
>>
>
> That is OK at least.
>
> I propose to try reinstalling libc6 2.7-18 with dpkg. The necessary .deb
> file should still be in your apt cache, so this might work:
>
> dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_*.deb
>

I will test this right away. Before doing this, so as to make sure I
won't forget later, I am pasting an output below :

bd(a)new-host:/var/cache/apt/archives$ ls -l libc6*
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4437976 ao� 26 03:06 libc6_2.7-18_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3802420 ao� 17 00:05 libc6_2.9-25_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3802602 ao� 31 19:02 libc6_2.9-26_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3377088 jan 5 2009 libc6-dev_2.7-18_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4802506 ao� 17 00:05 libc6-dev_2.9-25_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4803706 ao� 31 19:02 libc6-dev_2.9-26_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1234710 ao� 17 00:05 libc6-i686_2.9-25_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1234902 ao� 31 19:02 libc6-i686_2.9-26_i386.deb

The file dates are interresting. I have several libc6 packages. The ones
dated aug 31 (libc6_2.9-26_i386.deb and libc6-i686_2.9-26_i386.deb) must
be the ones that tried to get install in the process of installing
'audacity 1.3.8 testing'. The install process clearly stated that it was
going to update my libc6. The only package dated aug 26 must be the one
that got installed in the process of setting up my new Lenny at that
date ; there was no associated dev package. I don't know what are
packages dated aug17, since it was a few days before I installed Lenny ;
at the time I was still running Sarge and, since I did not upgrade but
reformated and installed from scratch, I should have no remains from old
Sarge in my system. What is puzzling me is that the package dated aug 16
is of a newer version than the one dated aug 26. An other thing that
come to my attention is that all of these deb package files are 'rw',
except the first one that appears on the list, dated aug26, the date of
my Lenny install.

This being said, I will be trying to re-install libc6. Coming back soon.
> If the .deb is missing then you can download it manually with your
> favorite browser:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libc6
>
> (Scroll down to the section "Download libc6" and click on the link for
> your architecture in the table.)
>
>


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From: Bernard on 4 Sep 2009 07:20
Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 19:06:41 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>
>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:09:07 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:26:06 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Before the end of install process, I got
>>>>>> this message :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "
>>>>>> Configuring libc6
>>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you want to upgrade glibc now ?
>>>>>> "
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I replied 'no', and, so far, I have not attempted to continue this
>>>>>> install process of 'audacity' and the upgrade of glibc.
>>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever since then, I am encountering problems and error messages when
>>>>>> trying to install something. For instance, if I do :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #apt-get install gphoto2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the install process starts... then :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "
>>>>>> Can't exec "locale": no file or directory of this type at
>>>>>> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 16.
>>>>>> Use of uninitialized value $Debconf::Encoding::charmap in scalar
>>>>>> chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 17.
>>>>>> dpkg : � ldconfig � not found in the variable PATH.
>>>>>> dpkg: 1 expected program not found in the variable PATH.
>>>>>> NB : the variable PATH of the superuser should contain
>>>>>> /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin et /sbin.
>>>>>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
>>>>>>
>
> [...]
>
>
>>>> new-host:/home/bd# dpkg -l libc6\* libc-\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'
>>>> Souhait=inconnU/Install�/suppRim�/Purg�/H=� garder
>>>> rc libc-bin 2.9-25
>>>> un libc-dev <n�ant>
>>>> ii libc6 2.7-18
>>>> ii libc6-dev 2.7-18
>>>> ii libc6-i686 2.7-18
>>>> un libc6.1 <n�ant>
>>>>
>
> [...]
>
>
>> Here is what I get :
>>
>> file /sbin/ldconfig
>> /sbin/ldconfig: ERROR: cannot open `/sbin/ldconfig' (No such file or directory)
>>
>> dpkg -L libc6 | grep ldconfig
>> (it just returns the shell, nothing else)
>>
>
> It seems that dpkg is confused: It claims that libc6 version 2.7-18 is
> installed without problems, but it does not know about /sbin/ldconfig
> and the file itself is not present on your system.
>
>
>> root(a)new-host:/home/bd# echo $PATH
>> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
>>
>
> That is OK at least.
>
> I propose to try reinstalling libc6 2.7-18 with dpkg. The necessary .deb
> file should still be in your apt cache, so this might work:
>
> dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_*.deb
>

Here is what I get :


root(a)new-host:/home/bd# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_*.deb
dpkg : � ldconfig � introuvable dans la variable PATH.
dpkg: 1 programme(s) attendu(s) introuvable(s) dans la variable PATH.
NB : la variable PATH du superutilisateur doit normalement contenir
/usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin et /sbin.
root(a)new-host:/home/bd#

Maybe I should run 'ldconfig' ? I wouldn't dare to test this without
more knowledge ; I wouldn't know what options and arguments to add.

> If the .deb is missing then you can download it manually with your
> favorite browser:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libc6
>
> (Scroll down to the section "Download libc6" and click on the link for
> your architecture in the table.)
>
>


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From: Florian Kulzer on 4 Sep 2009 10:10
On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 13:11:09 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 19:06:41 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> >>Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >>>On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:09:07 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> >>>>Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >>>>>On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:26:06 +0200, Bernard wrote:
> >>>>>>Before the end of install process, I got
> >>>>>>this message :
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>"
> >>>>>>Configuring libc6
> >>>>>[...]
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Do you want to upgrade glibc now ?
> >>>>>>"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I replied 'no', and, so far, I have not attempted to continue this
> >>>>>>install process of 'audacity' and the upgrade of glibc.

[...]

> Here is what I get :
>
>
> root(a)new-host:/home/bd# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_*.deb
> dpkg : « ldconfig » introuvable dans la variable PATH.
> dpkg: 1 programme(s) attendu(s) introuvable(s) dans la variable PATH.
> NB : la variable PATH du superutilisateur doit normalement contenir
> /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin et /sbin.
> root(a)new-host:/home/bd#
>
> Maybe I should run 'ldconfig' ? I wouldn't dare to test this
> without more knowledge ; I wouldn't know what options and arguments
> to add.

The problem is that ldconfig (and probably other important stuff) is
missing on your system; dpkg wants to call ldconfig before it installs
the libc6 package, therefore it is jammed. The next thing you can try is
to split the installation into two steps:

dpkg --unpack /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_i386.deb
dpkg --configure libc6

That might work if "--unpack" does not require dpkg to run ldconfig; I
do not know the internals of dpkg well enough to judge the chances of
success.

If the above does not work then you may have to resort to manually
extracting the files contained in libc6_2.7-18_i386.deb:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch02.en.html#_extracting_package_without_dpkg

Alternatively you could try to fool dpkg by copying /bin/true to /sbin
and then rename the copy to "ldconfig". Again I would not dare to
predict the chances of success of this rather dirty trick.

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From: Bernard on 5 Sep 2009 11:00
Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 13:11:09 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>
>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 19:06:41 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 00:09:07 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 20:26:06 +0200, Bernard wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Before the end of install process, I got
>>>>>>>> this message :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>> Configuring libc6
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you want to upgrade glibc now ?
>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I replied 'no', and, so far, I have not attempted to continue this
>>>>>>>> install process of 'audacity' and the upgrade of glibc.
>>>>>>>>
>
> [...]
>
>
>> Here is what I get :
>>
>>
>> root(a)new-host:/home/bd# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_*.deb
>> dpkg : � ldconfig � introuvable dans la variable PATH.
>> dpkg: 1 programme(s) attendu(s) introuvable(s) dans la variable PATH.
>> NB : la variable PATH du superutilisateur doit normalement contenir
>> /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin et /sbin.
>> root(a)new-host:/home/bd#
>>
>> Maybe I should run 'ldconfig' ? I wouldn't dare to test this
>> without more knowledge ; I wouldn't know what options and arguments
>> to add.
>>
>
> The problem is that ldconfig (and probably other important stuff) is
> missing on your system; dpkg wants to call ldconfig before it installs
> the libc6 package, therefore it is jammed. The next thing you can try is
> to split the installation into two steps:
>
> dpkg --unpack /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_i386.deb
> dpkg --configure libc6
>
> That might work if "--unpack" does not require dpkg to run ldconfig;

It does... Therefore that doesn't work

> I
> do not know the internals of dpkg well enough to judge the chances of
> success.
>
> If the above does not work then you may have to resort to manually
> extracting the files contained in libc6_2.7-18_i386.deb:
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch02.en.html#_extracting_package_without_dpkg
>
>

So far I had no success with this process. If I go into
'/var/cache/apt/archives' where my libc6 .deb files are, and type :

ar x libc6_2.9-26_i386.deb

I get nothing

> Alternatively you could try to fool dpkg by copying /bin/true to /sbin
> and then rename the copy to "ldconfig". Again I would not dare to
> predict the chances of success of this rather dirty trick.
>
>


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