"The installation or removal of a software package failed." is not useful
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
update-manager 1:0.180, Ubuntu Raring
Did my usual updates on raring this morning. After update manager finished I am left with a dialog which has the text "The installation or removal of a software package failed" and a settings and ok button. I am not informed what the error is, how I can discover what the error is, nor how to report it or fix it. This message seems pretty much unhelpful to me as a user. :)
Attached my dpkg.log and a screenshot..
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Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Here is the error:
Preparing to replace linux-image- 3.8.0-4- generic 3.8.0-4.8 (using .../linux- image-3. 8.0-4-generic_ 3.8.0-4. 9_amd64. deb) ... 3.8.0-4- generic ... apt/archives/ linux-image- 3.8.0-4- generic_ 3.8.0-4. 9_amd64. deb (--unpack): 3.8.0-4- generic/ kernel/ drivers/ ata/ahci_ platform. ko', which is also in package linux-image- extra-3. 8.0-4-generic 3.8.0-4.8
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
trying to overwrite '/lib/modules/
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)