package software-center 1.0.3 failed to install/upgrade: underprosessen installed post-installation script returnerte feilstatus 1

[Siri Oma]

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file does not exist: /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/__init__.py
file does not exist: /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/__init__.py
file does not exist: /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/__init__.py
file does not exist: /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/__init__.py
file does not exist: /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/widgets/__init__.py
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (36)
pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (36)
dpkg: Feil ved behandling av software-center (--configure):
 underprosessen installed post-installation script returnerte feilstatus 1
Det oppstod feil ved behandlinga av:
 software-center
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 27 09:41:48 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: underprosessen installed post-installation script returnerte feilstatus 1
Package: software-center 1.0.3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: package software-center 1.0.3 failed to install/upgrade: underprosessen installed post-installation script returnerte feilstatus 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error caused by a corrupted archive. Please execute the following commands, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal ( Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal ) :

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall software-center

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue. If so please set the bug's status to Invalid. Thanks in advance!

[Siri Oma (sirisomo)]

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall software-center

Then try performing the update again

This doesn't work :( I just get the same error, and I cant reinstall the software-center.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

can you change your download mirror to a different location and then

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install --reinstall software-center

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Kiwinote (kiwinote)]

Hi!

Thanks for your bug report and sorry for the delayed response.
As you may be aware, during each cycle a lot of work goes into
software-center. However, over time we build up a long list of
bugs which are most likely no longer present in recent versions
of software-center.

In an attempt to clean up the bug list for software-center I am
expiring this bug because it meets one or more of the following
criteria:
- it would seem quite likely that this bug is no longer present
  in recent versions of software-center,
- the bug report does not contain sufficient information for us
  to reproduce and/or fix the bug,
- the issue is most likely in an external piece of code and has
  most likely been fixed since the bug was reported.

If you experience any problems in recent development versions
of software-center, please do continue to report new bugs.
Thanks again for your help!