Re: Apt error?

["Steven Isaacson" <spisaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

What branch(stable,testing,unstable) of debian(or equivalent for your
distro) are you tracking?

An update shouldn't be installing or removing any programs unless your
system is in a funky state. Running dselect or aptitude might allow
you to see what is happening on your system and resolve it.

Running "apt-get -f upgrade" might help.

-steve

On 3/11/06, Dan Sauer <dmsauer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm guessing the following is bad, but not sure how to proceed.  It
> results from a ('simple')
>
> apt-get upgrade                     command:
>
> Get:96 http://lug.mtu.edu testing/main netkit-ping 0.10-10.3 [22.5kB]
> Fetched 36.3MB in 2m29s (242kB/s)
> 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 re ally want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak
> option.
> E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs
> deforest:~#
>
>