ok...here is the exact error i get....
$ apt-get install preenv
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # apt-get install preenv
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
preenv is already the newest version.
preenv set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up account-plugin-salut (0.10) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/account-plugin-salut.postinst: line 6: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon: not found
dpkg: error processing account-plugin-salut (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of telepathy-extras:
telepathy-extras depends on account-plugin-salut; however:
Package account-plugin-salut is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing telepathy-extras (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
account-plugin-salut
telepathy-extras
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
/home/user #