Cool.. I will try that.

I ended up being able to remove the failed install. Then I rebooted and re-did the install with no errors.

sudo apt-get remove i2c-tools

once the temp probe arrives I will know if I was successful.

Thanks for your help!

I have the Model B 512K Ram

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