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#1
I just get "unable to install" whatever I try to install with the Application Manager (2006OS, obviously). Examples: fbreader-maemo2, ntpdate

Am I missing some dependency, or what?
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Here is the error message copied from App Manager's log:

Installing fbreader-maemo2 0.7.4g-1
/bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: not found
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault.

Does this help anyone?
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Try reflashing your OS, sounds like something's got corrupted.

If that doesn't fix it it's probably a hardware fault.
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Got the same after installing a lot of stuff from various repositories the first day I got mine. Reflashed the OS and hasn't appeared again until now.

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same here after l install a bunch of crap the db got corrupted.... reflash and you shoul be ok....
 

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Thank you all for the advice I reflashed and restored from backup, and now install works as expected.

However, learned one less nice thing: Backup does not backup the repository/package list from Application Manager. So I had to rebuild all the repositories. This leads to following question: is there a more productive way than copy/paste to enter the repositories with their parameters? A solution needing root access is not acceptable.
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You dont need root acces to copy the repository list just use xtem to nv the file system and ue cp
to copy the list.... it should be in a .conf file for apt-get i could be wrong.
 
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It's /etc/apt/sources.list - it'll require root to write to it, but not to read it.

LukeWorm: why is root access unacceptable? Especially with simple debs like `becomeroot' it's trivial and arguably necessary if you want to take shortcuts like these.
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True aflegg to write to it you have to be root but not read or copy it.
Yea why root is not an option?
If you dont want to do R&D mode you can all wais use SSH
Is what I use to become root and also scp to it making file transfer a breze :P
 
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Originally Posted by aflegg
It's /etc/apt/sources.list - it'll require root to write to it, but not to read it.

LukeWorm: why is root access unacceptable? Especially with simple debs like `becomeroot' it's trivial and arguably necessary if you want to take shortcuts like these.
Because I'm just a "normal" enduser, and not familiar with Linux internals. Maybe a bit more advanced than "normal" since I'm writing in this forum. Diving into root stuff may be risky, nevertheless.
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