apt-get error with espeakup

apt-get error with espeakup

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Hi.
I wrote some time ago about espeakup errors.
I should add things to the sources.list, but that didn't work.
just got errors that there was something wrong with the file. can't
read sources.list.
I have errors with the espeakup package. Can't do anything with apt-get at all.
Is there Another way to remove this?
I want to remove the stupid package, and compiling from source instead.
/Kristoffer

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Kristoffer Gustafsson
Salängsgatan 7a
tel:033-12 60 93
mobil: 0730-500934

Re: apt-get error with espeakup

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A copy and paste of your sources.list or the output of apt would be
useful in trouble shooting your issue. You can follow the apt command
with > filename or 2> filename to redirect standard output and error
output to a text file if that helps in getting the output into your
message(sadly, I don't know how to redirect both simultaneously, and
while the error output will sometimes contain all that's useful while
standard input is sometimes just run-of-the-mill "I'm working" text
that would just get in the way of troubleshooting, ther are times when
having them interleaved is useful).

Without that, I can't guess at a specific cause, much less suggest a solution.

On 11/22/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi.
> I wrote some time ago about espeakup errors.
> I should add things to the sources.list, but that didn't work.
> just got errors that there was something wrong with the file. can't
> read sources.list.
> I have errors with the espeakup package. Can't do anything with apt-get at
> all.
> Is there Another way to remove this?
> I want to remove the stupid package, and compiling from source instead.
> /Kristoffer
>
> --
> Kristoffer Gustafsson
> Salängsgatan 7a
> tel:033-12 60 93
> mobil: 0730-500934
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Blinux-list@redhat.com
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Sincerely,

Jeffery Wright
Bachelor of Computer Science
President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa.

Re: apt-get error with espeakup

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Hi.
is there a way to just make so that debian doesn't see the package at all?
The problem is the uninstallation script of espeakup. script generated
error code 5.
/Kristoffer

2018-11-22 12:37 GMT+01:00, Linux for blind general discussion
<blinux-list@redhat.com>:
> A copy and paste of your sources.list or the output of apt would be
> useful in trouble shooting your issue. You can follow the apt command
> with > filename or 2> filename to redirect standard output and error
> output to a text file if that helps in getting the output into your
> message(sadly, I don't know how to redirect both simultaneously, and
> while the error output will sometimes contain all that's useful while
> standard input is sometimes just run-of-the-mill "I'm working" text
> that would just get in the way of troubleshooting, ther are times when
> having them interleaved is useful).
>
> Without that, I can't guess at a specific cause, much less suggest a
> solution.
>
> On 11/22/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi.
>> I wrote some time ago about espeakup errors.
>> I should add things to the sources.list, but that didn't work.
>> just got errors that there was something wrong with the file. can't
>> read sources.list.
>> I have errors with the espeakup package. Can't do anything with apt-get at
>> all.
>> Is there Another way to remove this?
>> I want to remove the stupid package, and compiling from source instead.
>> /Kristoffer
>>
>> --
>> Kristoffer Gustafsson
>> Salängsgatan 7a
>> tel:033-12 60 93
>> mobil: 0730-500934
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Blinux-list mailing list
>> Blinux-list@redhat.com
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Jeffery Wright
> Bachelor of Computer Science
> President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list@redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list


-- 
Kristoffer Gustafsson
Salängsgatan 7a
tel:033-12 60 93
mobil: 0730-500934

Re: apt-get error with espeakup

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For what it's worth, installation and removal scripts are stored in
/var/lib/dpkg/info, are named after the package they belong to and
have the following extensions:

.preinst: pre installation.
.postinst: post installation.
.prerm: pre removal.
.postrm: post removal.

and the .list files in those directories list all the files on the
system that belong to that page.

removing a script that failed will cause dpkg to ignore it the next
time you attempt the package operation that ran the script, but I'm
not sure this is advisable if you plan to try compiling the package
your trying to remove from source.

Also, removing a package's entry from /var/lib/dpkg/status will render
it invisible to apt/dpkg/most apt frontends, but again, not sure if
advisable, and errors in the status file will make apt/dpkg refuse to
do anything until its fixed.

Messing with this stuff is quite hackerish, and even if it solves the
immediate problem, there's no guarantee it won't cause bigger problems
down the line.

-- 
Sincerely,

Jeffery Wright
Bachelor of Computer Science
President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa.

Re: apt-get error with espeakup

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Thanks Geoff for the tip on catching both kinds of output with a
single redirection.

And while I don't mind programs printing their help messages to the
screen when its less than one screen, redirecting that to a file is a
necessity for programs with lots of options.

-- 
Sincerely,

Jeffery Wright
Bachelor of Computer Science
President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa.

Re: apt-get error with espeakup

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On Thu, 22 Nov 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> A copy and paste of your sources.list or the output of apt would be
> useful in trouble shooting your issue. You can follow the apt command
> with > filename or 2> filename to redirect standard output and error
> output to a text file if that helps in getting the output into your
> message(sadly, I don't know how to redirect both simultaneously, ...

command >filename 2>&1

This technique is also very useful when you want to pipe output which has 
errors, or you want to read the program help for a program which sends the 
help text to standard output (this drives me mad).

command 2>&1 |less

Finallly, if you do want output and errors in separate files, you can 
still do it with one command:

command >output_file 2>error_file

HTH,
Geoff.

Re: apt-get error with espeakup

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Linux for blind general discussion, le jeu. 22 nov. 2018 12:23:54 +0100, a ecrit:
> Is there Another way to remove this?

dpkg -P espeakup

> I want to remove the stupid package, and compiling from source instead.

Calling it stupid can't help fixing bugs.

Samuel