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Hi, I tried to install webmin on my beaglebone black. I am runing debian 8.0 (I tried also on other versions, also ubuntu, but none works)

I have problems with apt-show-versions.

here is error:

Setting up apt-show-versions (0.22.3) …
** initializing cache. This may take a while **
Error: No information about packages! (Maybe no deb entries?)
dpkg: error processing package apt-show-versions (–configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of webmin:
webmin depends on apt-show-versions; however:
Package apt-show-versions is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package webmin (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt-show-versions
webmin

I tried remove apt-show-versions and reinstall and same error. How can I solve this error?

Is there any other alternative for webmin for beaglebone black, tha works.

Any help welcome.

regards, Ales

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Remove:

/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02compress-indexes

Then run:

sudo apt-get update

(kiss 200-ish MB goodbye)

rerun:
sudo apt-get -f install

Regards,

3

Reference bug:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617856

apt-show-versions doesn't work when " Acquire::GzipIndexes "true";" is set

Regards,

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thanks. It worked.

Regards, Ales

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I had the same problem. Thank you Robert !! :slight_smile:

For reference I have used Beagle Bone Black rev. B with BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.9-console-armhf-2015-11-03-2gb.img.xz image. I recommend this image as it does not contain all the stock-crap (like apache server, GUI and many more).
I was installing webmin 1.78.

Thanks again, bye.

W dniu wtorek, 24 czerwca 2014 20:55:30 UTC+2 użytkownik RobertCNelson napisał:

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2 years later I id run into the same error. The solution offered still works !

Thanks,

Ben

7

I’m trying to install webmin on Jessie on BBB and getting this same error, but removing apt-show-versions isn’t working.
Any other ideas?

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Removing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02compress-indexes didn’t work for me (not sure why). But I got webmin 1.801 installed on Jessie by doing:

apt-get purge apt-show-versions
rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*gz
apt-get -o Acquire::GzipIndexes=false update
apt-get install apt-show-versions
dpkg -i webmin_1.801_all.deb

Hope this helps any other poor souls out there.

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Hi dude!

Thanks for your post. Saved my life :)!

I made a post at ServerFault in order to spread the solution.

Thanks once again.

Best Regards,
Ivan Leon

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Webmin install complete. You can now login

Thx!! You saved my time!! :slight_smile:

2016년 6월 22일 수요일 오후 11시 4분 13초 UTC+9, bucks...@gmail.com 님의 말:

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Thanks for the help. The base issue appears to be that compressed packages (.lz4) do not work at this time. Replacing them with uncompressed packages works. Check in rm /var/lib/apt/lists to see if the packages are .gz or .lz4. Remove them in either case and follow the instructions to finish the job. Very satisfying now that it works.

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2019: apt-get -o Acquire::GzipIndexes=false update still works around this … good solution.

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Hi All,

I am still getting this error when installing apt-show-verisons:

Error: No information about packages! (Maybe no deb entries?)
dpkg: error processing package apt-show-versions (–configure):
installed apt-show-versions package post-installation script subprocess returne
d error exit status 255
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) …
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt-show-versions
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have tried all the solutions mentioned above but its still not working.

Thank you

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Hi sam,

Just followed RobertCNelsons instructions from 6/24/14 and the install worked.
Debian Image 2019-08-03 is what I’m working with.

15

For some reason I keep getting the same error. Now I followed this guide on installing it from tar file and it worked.

http://www.webmin.com/tgz.html

Thank you

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To get package info for an installed package use

sudo apt show

If you get lines containing “N: Unable to locate package” then that package was not installed.

If the package was installed from a tar file it might not show in sudo apt show.

Hope this helps.