package openoffice.org-emailmerge 1:3.1.1-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: openoffice.org
when finishing the apt-get for openoffice ... i got the below error
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I did apt-get again after closing my openoffice app and it worked fine.
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 19 00:03:50 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: openoffice.
PackageArchitec
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Title: package openoffice.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686
The log file stated that OOo was already running when the upgrade was happening which was why it had failed. When you ran it again it must not have been running at that time so it worked.