package dvipng 1.11-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Binary package hint: dvipng

failure to uninstall when runing synaptic

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: dvipng 1.11-1
SourcePackage: dvipng
Title: package dvipng 1.11-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-13-generic i686

[[e-mail] (j.scott.gwin)]

Thank you for reporting this, it helps make Ubuntu better. Confirmed.

[Jorge Sampaio (jrgsampaio)]

it occurred while installing Kile using synaptic.

[LittleBigUser (littlebigforum)]

It occurred while installing "texlive-full" using "apt-get".

[Jiehan Zheng (jiehanzheng)]

It occurred on 10.04, too.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 358350, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.