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acroread package

package acroread 9.3.2-karmic1 [modified: opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/GlobalPrefs/.config] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #588427 reported by Neil MacLennan on 2010-06-01

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #442941: debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	acroread (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: acroread

It would not install. this is the first time i have used this bu reporting thing and am new to ubuntu too having come over from the darkside aka windows so i don't know much about linux but i will remember from now on what you guys expect from me when reporting bugs and will keep that in mind.

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
acroread: Install
acroread: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 1 11:49:17 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: acroread 9.3.2-karmic1 [modified: opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/GlobalPrefs/.config]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
SourcePackage: acroread
Title: package acroread 9.3.2-karmic1 [modified: opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/GlobalPrefs/.config] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686

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Neil MacLennan (neilmaclennan555) wrote on 2010-06-01:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (53.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (151.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-06-01:

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 442941, 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.