jordxn
February 4th, 2010, 08:20 PM
I have a fairly old Debian server that I'm trying to update some packages on - however, I'm having the exact same problem as on this form (archive);
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=344570&page=4
ie. "A copy of glibc was found in an unexpected directory"
So how do I solve this problem? On the bug report;
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/81125
it says "Simply wait for the next update to be available from your local mirror, and install it when it arrives."
I tried to just update the lib like;
apt-get install libc6
but I get
Matching libraries: /usr/lib/libc.so.6
A copy of glibc was found in an unexpected directory.
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
please remove that copy of the C library and try again.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18lenny1_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18lenny1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
My APT Sources;
deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
Thanks for any help!!
Jordan
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=344570&page=4
ie. "A copy of glibc was found in an unexpected directory"
So how do I solve this problem? On the bug report;
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/81125
it says "Simply wait for the next update to be available from your local mirror, and install it when it arrives."
I tried to just update the lib like;
apt-get install libc6
but I get
Matching libraries: /usr/lib/libc.so.6
A copy of glibc was found in an unexpected directory.
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
please remove that copy of the C library and try again.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18lenny1_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18lenny1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
My APT Sources;
deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
Thanks for any help!!
Jordan