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Hello,
I got this weird error installing rsync. I was able to install it on another server using apt-get install rysnc. This is the error:
#apt-get install rsync
Reading package ...
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- 10-08-2008 #1Just Joined!
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rsync installation problem
Hello,
I got this weird error installing rsync. I was able to install it on another server using apt-get install rysnc. This is the error:
Hope you can help. Im not really expert on this.#apt-get install rsync
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
rsync
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 78 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/261kB of archives.
After unpacking 512kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 23229 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking rsync (from .../rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_i386.deb (--unpack):
unable to create `./usr/bin/rsync': Read-only file system
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Thank you.
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I downloaded the source and got errors when executing "./configure". I read somewhere that it could be with my gcc or partition access problem. When I installed gcc, I got similar error:
Would editing my FSTAB help? I dont know how to do that. I can post the configuration here if it helps. I just need to install rysnc.Get:1 Index of / etch/main binutils 2.17-3 [2605kB]
Get:2 Index of / etch/main cpp-4.1 4.1.1-21 [2331kB]
Get:3 Index of / etch/main cpp 4:4.1.1-15 [11.6kB]
Get:4 Index of / etch/main libssp0 4.1.1-21 [4492B]
Get:5 Index of / etch/main gcc-4.1 4.1.1-21 [461kB]
Get:6 Index of / etch/main gcc 4:4.1.1-15 [5052B]
Fetched 5419kB in 1m4s (84.3kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package binutils.
(Reading database ... 23229 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking binutils (from .../binutils_2.17-3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/binutils_2.17-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
unable to create `./usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/bfd.mo': Read-only file system
- 10-09-2008 #3With that being the first error listed, let's start there. Are you using sudo to install? Or logging into root?Code:
unable to create `./usr/bin/rsync': Read-only file system
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- 10-12-2008 #4Just Joined!
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