Hi. My guess is you got a version of exim with a messed up install script. Have you tried running apt-get update and then apt-get install package_name again? What package were you trying to install? Not sure if this was any help. Kenny On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 07:14:19PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > Folks, > > I posted this once before, but not totally sure if it made it to the > list so will try again. > > I'm trying to fix my box here. I tried installing a package and now I > get the following error from dpkg. I am not sure at what point this all > started, but would like to try to resolve it before taking much more > drastic measures. > > dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `Debian-exim' in statusoverride file > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup