apt-get install problem!

[ClubFelix]

Hi guys, I signed up today and I'm glad to be here. I have a huge problem with my Debian Sarge at the moment. I'm one of those migrating from Windows to Debian, and everything is going great but I've this problem for quite sometime now. Everytime I wanna install a package (say, nmap, for example) i run apt-get install nmap, but then the following message appears after all the packages have been downloaded:

E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs

This is the only error that is keeping me from going big on Debian. I repeat, just about everything else is working perfect, except apt-get install. Please help...

[Cryptofreak]

Are you using an old version of Debian Sarge? I had the same problem but I was still running my testing version of Sarge that I had gotten before the official release. A lot of packages changed since then so I was finding quite a few that would not work for me? How old is your copy of Sarge? The official stable release right now is at 3.1 rev1.

-crypto

[burnit]

Also to me some time ago (many months) I got the same exact problem.

First you should answer:
- Do you run "apt-get update" periodically?
- Do you run "apt-get install" without a periodic "apt-get update"?
- Have you tried "apt-get upgrade"?
- Have you tried "apt-get dist-upgrade"?
- have you tried "apt-get -f install"?

If your answers are all YES, I did... there is a problem!

Ok... it is not possible. You should find for the package that is in conflict with e2fsprogs. Once detected, you should manually install an updated debian package wich will not conflicts with the e2fsprogs. This is only an hint...

Another way (much faster) is to update e2fsprogs manually. The new package should have a version greater enought to don't go in conflict with other packages. Once done, it should be all ok.

If everything seems lost... don't loose yourself... keep your mind ready and think about it.

Finally, some usefull commands:
- dpkg -i <package.deb>: install manually a debian package
- apt-cache rdepends <package>: view reverse dependency of a package (usefull to find wich package depends on)
- many others... but I'm quite lazy tonight!

Good luck!

[ClubFelix]

I'm using a 2.6.6-k7 version. I know it's quite old, but it works perfect. Do you think that this old version may be the only problem?

[cybervideotv]

after the promt the following ," spurious interrupts on IRQ7 "

any suggestions?

it took all the upgrades? suggested on your post

[craigevil]

Save yourself a lot of headaches and install Etch, the netinstall is the easiest way to install especially if you have a broadband connection.

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