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aptitude install error
jonny@ve:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall libssl0.9.8
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
libssl0.9.8
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/998 kB of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Can't exec "/tmp/libssl0.9.8.config.60361": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.10/IPC/Open3.pm line 168.
open2: exec of /tmp/libssl0.9.8.config.60361 configure 0.9.8o-4squeeze5 failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 59
libssl0.9.8 failed to preconfigure, with exit status 255
(Reading database ... 28164 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4squeeze5 (using .../libssl0.9.8_0.9.8o-4squeeze5_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libssl0.9.8 ...
Setting up libssl0.9.8 (0.9.8o-4squeeze5) ...
jonny@ve:~$
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