apt-get upgrade: dpkg error

From: Frank Hrebabetzky (frankh_at_terra.com.br)
Date: 09/27/03

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    When I executed "apt-get upgrade", it cycled through

    "Preparing to replace ..."
    "Unpacking replacement ..."

    some times until ending with

    "Unpacking replacement librpm4 ...
     Errors were encountered while processing:
      /var/cache/apt/archives/gettext-base_0.12.1-3_i386.deb
     E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"

    The story behind (for whom it interests):

    After some weeks (!) configuring my new Debian 3.0 stable distribution, I
    was able to produce something worth printing, but not to print. I had
    lpr-ppd installed.
    From a discussion on this forum I got the impression that lprng was better
    and installed it together with magicfilter, just that magicfilter didn't
    install any printer driver. So I tried to install the testing
    version of lprng and magicfilter, but that required a newer version af
    some library too.
    So I fed some internet addresses with testing packages in my
    /etc/apt/sources.list and called "apt-get upgrade". I was informed that
    470MB would be downloaded. So I cancelled, shut down the system and
    returned at midnight, when the local phone company has a flat rate. For
    the next four nights, I called "apt-get upgrade" at midnight and armed my
    alarm clock for 6:00 am when the flat rate ends to interrupt the upgrade.
    Yesterday at 6:00 am the download was complete and the system began to
    ask long lists of configuration questions. After some time I interrupted
    the PPP connection because my budget is limited, which provoked an error
    message. As 6 hours of sleep is not enough for me, I shut the system down
    and went to bed again.
    Half an hour ago, I established the connection to my internet provider and
    called "apt-get upgrade". Result: see above.

    Somehow I know what is wrong: It is simply that nothing works in Debian
    out of the box. Just that this insight doesn't help me.

    So somebody could please:

    1. indicate me the next step

    2. give me a good argument that I am not walking in a circle?

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    Florianopolis +55 / 48 / 9998 7686
    Brazil email: frankh@terra.com.br 

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