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package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)

Bug #627464 reported by Colin Morrison on 2010-08-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #617771: package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	man-db (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: man-db

I was installing/ or trying to install vlc player earlier today. I am new to Ubuntu, so have no Idea what/or if I've done something wrong. Thanks.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: man-db 2.5.7-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 31 15:15:57 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)

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Colin Morrison (morrison-colin1) wrote on 2010-08-31:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (867 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (801 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (450 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (36.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (77.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Colin Morrison (morrison-colin1) wrote on 2010-09-02:

Thanx anyway people, I resolved my problem using the medibuntu page. There were a few steps that I had not performed before installation.

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote on 2011-04-21:

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 #617771, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.