installation aborted

[Alan (28481k)]

Binary package hint: ttf-mathematica4.1

Newly upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10, tried to install the said font for the system but installation script failed and installation aborted. Asked to agree abortion due to incompatible scripts.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: ttf-mathematica4.1 4
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ttf-mathematica4.1
Title: package ttf-mathematica4.1 4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The installation aborted because of the font file failed to download completely
=====
Connecting to support.wolfram.com|140.177.205.40|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: `./index.html'

    [<=> ] 0 --.-K/s
    [ <=> ] 9,460 38.9K/s
    [ <=> ] 23,434 58.6K/s in 0.4s

2008-12-10 06:54:49 (58.6 KB/s) - `./index.html' saved [23434]

checking MathFonts_TrueType_41.exe
Downloaded file looks corrupted!
dpkg: error processing ttf-mathematica4.1 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
=====

Please try to clean your cache and reinstall:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mathematica4.1

Home this helps.

[Alan (28481k) (28481k)]

Thank you for your reply Jean-Baptiste, I would do that once I've time to access to that machine again (as it isn't my main machine).

[Toby Bartels (tobybartels)]

Alan, I don't think that Jean-Baptiste's steps will work (although it won't hurt to try). The advice given at bug #299427 (which is, by the way, where comments are supposed to go now) helped me.

[Alan (28481k) (28481k)]

Toby,

I've read the details in bug #299427 as well so Jean-Baptiste's method
might not work, but realising what sort of fonts Mathematica 4 package
got I'm not sure whether I want it now. Clear it off would be a good
idea.

I've decided to answer you through email as it's a policy on Launchpad
to close duplicates.

Best regards,
Alan

On 10 Dec 2008, at 15:32, Toby Bartels wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 299427 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299427
>
> Alan, I don't think that Jean-Baptiste's steps will work (although it
> won't hurt to try). The advice given at bug #299427 (which is, by the
> way, where comments are supposed to go now) helped me.
>
> --
> installation aborted
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306787
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “ttf-mathematica4.1” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: ttf-mathematica4.1
>
> Newly upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10, tried to install the said font for
> the system but installation script failed and installation aborted.
> Asked to agree abortion due to incompatible scripts.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error
> exit status 1
> Package: ttf-mathematica4.1 4
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: ttf-mathematica4.1
> Title: package ttf-mathematica4.1 4 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

Alan (28481k)