need Debian help

[Richard Ibbotson]

Hi

> Try doing "apt-get install task-x-window-system", if nothing is to
> be installed, you may want to just purge your configuration with
> something like "export COLUMNS=500; dpkg -l | grep X | awk '{print

Looks like I need some as well.

After running apt-get upgrade and apt-get -f install I find that 
apt-get has just exited part way through the installation of the new 
packages.

I'd like to install the 2.4.7 kernel package but can't because 
binutils is only partially installed.  When I try to install binutils 
the package manager barfs once again and exits without installing or 
updating the package database.

Is there any way round this ? Debian 2.2 r3.  

Thanks


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Richard