package liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-11ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Tony B]

All my updates have crashed ever since I installed 9.10 before Christmas.
I am not at all technologically minded, so I can't help you with further details, except that they all come with a report that says I must run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a', which I've done but that doesn't help because that says it won't work either.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 27 17:17:55 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-11ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: a52dec
Title: package liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-11ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686

[Monkey (monkey-libre)]

Please do in the Terminal (Applications>Accesories>Terminal) the next command and copy here the output:
(it´s for fixing packages)

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Thank You for making Ubuntu better.

[Tony B (tonesbox)]

Thank you for your interest in my problem. I've typed *sudo dpkg
--configure -a *as requested, and got the following:-

tony@tony-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for tony:
Setting up libdvdread4 (4.1.3-5ubuntu2) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script:
Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libdvdread4 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up liba52-0.7.4 (0.7.4-11ubuntu1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script:
Exec format error
dpkg: error processing liba52-0.7.4 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly depends on liba52-0.7.4; however:
  Package liba52-0.7.4 is not configured yet.
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly depends on libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3); however:
  Package libdvdread4 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libsidplay1 (1.36.59-5) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script:
Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libsidplay1 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up libmpeg2-4 (0.4.1-3) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script:
Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libmpeg2-4 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up libmad0 (0.15.1b-4) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script:
Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libmad0 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up libid3tag0 (0.15.1b-10build1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script:
Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libid3tag0 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libdvdread4
 liba52-0.7.4
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
 libsidplay1
 libmpeg2-4
 libmad0
 libid3tag0
tony@tony-laptop:~$

On 27 February 2010 18:22, Monkey <email address hidden> wrote:

> Please do in the Terminal (Applications>Accesories>Terminal) the next
> command and copy here the output:
> (it´s for fixing packages)
>
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
>
> Thank You for making Ubuntu better.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> package liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-11ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529103
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> All my updates have crashed ever since I installed 9.10 before Christmas.
> I am not at all technologically minded, so I can't help you with further
> details, except that they all come with a report that says I must run ...

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

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 512096, 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.