apt-show-versions

[Ales]

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

[Robert Nelson]

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,

--
Robert Nelson
http://www.rcn-ee.com/

[Robert Nelson]

Reference bug:

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

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

[Ales]

thanks. It worked.

Regards, Ales

[yama...@gmail.com]

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

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.

[hoofdei...@gmail.com]

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

Thanks,

Ben

[bucks...@gmail.com]

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?

[bucks...@gmail.com]

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.

[iva...@gmail.com]

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

[lear...@gmail.com]

Webmin install complete. You can now login

Thx!! You saved my time!! :)

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

[mike....@ieee.org]

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. 

[janwi...@gmail.com]

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

[sam.a...@gmail.com]

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

[amf]

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.

[sam.a...@gmail.com]

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

[KenUnix]

To get package info for an installed package use

sudo apt show <package name>

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.