installArchives() failed - From 6.06 to 6.10

[Fabio Rotondo]

Binary package hint: update-manager

While upgrading my Ubuntu from 6.06 to 6.10 using "update-manager -c", I got this error:

Could not install the upgrades
The upgrade will now abort. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery was attempted (dpkg --configure -a).
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bug report.

I have the log files inside a tar.bz2 archive, and I'd like to send them for further explanation.

I am using Ubuntu on an AMD 64.

This could be the same problem as reported in bug: #54234

[Fabio Rotondo (fabio-rotondo)]

Attaching my log files

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is what caused the error:

Setting up python-logilab-common (0.16.1-2ubuntu1) ...
caling_governor: Directory nonexistent
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/logilab/__init__.py
pycentral pkginstall: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/logilab/__init__.py
dpkg: error processing python-logilab-common (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-logilab-astng:
 python-logilab-astng depends on python-logilab-common (>= 0.16.1-2); however:
  Package python-logilab-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-logilab-astng (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Is this still an issue. It looks like the pycentral issue that everyone had problems with but has been fixed since than.

[Rob Byrd (byrdr-ikm)]

Installed 7.04 and updated 488 packages yesterday fine. Today the 25 updates gave this errors dialog:

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery was run (dpkg --configure -a).

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.

/var/log/dist-upgrade/term.log:
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
Preconfiguring packages ...

/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log:
[is long, but failed at his point:]
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed

I was browsing w/ Firefox, during the download updates process.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

@Rob Byrd: thanks for this additional information. Can you please file a new bugreport for this (as it is a different issue from the original report here. Can you please also attach (as files) the content of /var/log/dist-upgrade/* ?

Thanks,
 Michael

[Umuntu-Tim- (thembinkosi)]

i also had the same bug , but worse. ¨subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1¨

[Umuntu-Tim- (thembinkosi)]

i seem to have placed the wrong log. :)

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

this should be fixed in hardy. apport can keep the modules available during upgrades