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auctex package

package preview-latex-style 11.85-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #711390 reported by SAMEER on 2011-02-01

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #512096: [MASTER] Exec format error : package failed to install/remove : installation/removal script returned error exit status 2. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	auctex (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: auctex

i downloaded science physics package and it didn't properly install

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: preview-latex-style 11.85-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Feb 1 23:16:03 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: auctex
Title: package preview-latex-style 11.85-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

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SAMEER (sameer20888) wrote on 2011-02-01:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (503 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (512 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (48.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (39.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Kees Cook (kees) on 2011-02-05

security vulnerability:	yes → no
visibility:	private → public

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era (era) wrote on 2011-02-05:

Quoting the attached DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
> dpkg: error processing libproj0 (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pdl:
> pdl depends on libproj0; however:
> Package libproj0 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing pdl (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Setting up preview-latex-style (11.85-1ubuntu1) ...
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
> dpkg: error processing preview-latex-style (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Setting up python-foolscap (0.5.1+dfsg-0ubuntu1) ...
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
> dpkg: error processing python-foolscap (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

This appears to be a problem in dpkg, the Debian/Ubuntu package manager, not a bug in any particular package it installs. Reassigning accordingly. Basically, you should be able to solve this by reinstalling the packages which failed to install. At a terminal prompt, something like "sudo apt-get -f install" should do the trick, or at least offer advice for how to proceed.

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era (era) wrote on 2011-02-05:

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