Everything had been working fine until recently attempted to update and it failed..
sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for jim:
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [62.0 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release [62.0 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources [99.9 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources [4,463 B]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [161 kB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources [2,061 B]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [412 kB]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [8,875 B]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [244 kB]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [11.2 kB]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [402 kB]
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [8,846 B]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [245 kB]
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [11.3 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [17.4 kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [1,896 B]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [64.8 kB]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [2,061 B]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [200 kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages [8,875 B]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages [85.3 kB]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [3,458 B]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [190 kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [8,846 B]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [85.3 kB]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,624 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Fetched 2,407 kB in 12s (186 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
>> Everything look fine but all is not well as none of the updates actually install
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam compiz
compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins-default file flashplugin-installer
google-chrome-stable google-talkplugin indicator-session libclamav6
libcompizconfig0 libdecoration0 libmagic1 libpoppler-glib8 libpoppler44
libprocps3 libunity-core-6.0-9 linux-libc-dev poppler-utils procps
python3-software-properties rsyslog sa-compile software-properties-common
software-properties-gtk spamassassin spamc tzdata unity unity-services unzip
35 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 68.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 1,161 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Get:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main google-chrome-stable amd64 40.0.2214.111-1 [48.8 MB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main file amd64 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3 [18.9 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libmagic1 amd64 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3 [185 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libprocps3 amd64 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.1 [31.5 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra amd64 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068 [841 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libpoppler44 amd64 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2 [703 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libpoppler-glib8 amd64 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2 [83.3 kB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main tzdata all 2015a-0ubuntu0.14.04 [171 kB]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main rsyslog amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 [355 kB]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main procps amd64 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.1 [209 kB]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libclamav6 amd64 0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [3,212 kB]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main clamav-base all 0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [108 kB]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main clamav-freshclam amd64 0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [107 kB]
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main clamav amd64 0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [87.4 kB]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libcompizconfig0 amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [117 kB]
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main compiz-gnome amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [155 kB]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main compiz-plugins-default amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [766 kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libdecoration0 amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [49.2 kB]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main compiz-core amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [296 kB]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main compiz all 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [4,048 B]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/multiverse flashplugin-installer amd64 11.2.202.442ubuntu0.14.04.1 [6,964 B]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main indicator-session amd64 12.10.5+14.04.20140925-0ubuntu1 [104 kB]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main unity amd64 7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1 [1,508 kB]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libunity-core-6.0-9 amd64 7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1 [433 kB]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main unity-services amd64 7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1 [31.8 kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.13.0-45.74 [790 kB]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main poppler-utils amd64 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2 [118 kB]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main software-properties-common all 0.92.37.3 [9,376 B]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main software-properties-gtk all 0.92.37.3 [46.9 kB]
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main python3-software-properties all 0.92.37.3 [19.1 kB]
Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main spamassassin all 3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1 [1,034 kB]
Get:32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main sa-compile all 3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1 [13.8 kB]
Get:33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main spamc amd64 3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1 [51.8 kB]
Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main unzip amd64 6.0-9ubuntu1.2 [157 kB]
Get:35 http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main google-talkplugin amd64 5.40.2.0-1 [7,724 kB]
Fetched 68.4 MB in 1min 56s (586 kB/s)
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'dconf-service' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'dconf-cli' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
apt-cache policy dconf-service
dconf-service:
Installed: 0.20.0-1
Candidate: 0.20.0-1
Version table:
*** 0.20.0-1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jim@windslave-svr:~$ apt-cache policy dconf-cli
dconf-cli:
Installed: 0.20.0-1
Candidate: 0.20.0-1
Version table:
*** 0.20.0-1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jim@windslave-svr:~$ sudo apt-get install dconf-service
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
dconf-service is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded.
jim@windslave-svr:~$ sudo apt-get install dconf-cli
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
dconf-cli is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded.
>>Tryed to reconfigure dconf-service
sudo dpkg --configure dconf-service
dpkg: error processing package dconf-service (--configure):
package dconf-service is already installed and configured
Errors were encountered while processing:
dconf-service
sudo dpkg-query -p dconf-service
Package: dconf-service
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 144
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Multi-Arch: foreign
Source: d-conf
Version: 0.20.0-1
Replaces: dconf-gsettings-backend (<< 0.10.0-2), libdconf0 (<< 0.7.3-2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.1), libdconf1 (= 0.20.0-1)
Recommends: dconf-gsettings-backend
Breaks: dconf-gsettings-backend (<< 0.10.0-2), libdconf0 (<< 0.7.3-2)
Size: 26876
Description: simple configuration storage system - D-Bus service
DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
environment settings.
.
This package contains the DConf service, which applications talk to
using D-Bus in order to obtain their settings. It is mostly used by the
GSettings backend.
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <email address hidden>
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/dconf
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: dconf-service 0.20.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Feb 6 21:46:36 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-17 (234 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: d-conf
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
As this issue is preventing the installation of a number of security patches (Adobe, ClamAV and others) should this be considered a security issue? And still unclear as to what caused the issue with dconf-service in the first place