package udev 162-2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Mandar Hawaldar]

I keep getting this error whenever installing or updating any pakage. I'm using USB Live installation of Maverick.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: udev 162-2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 16 04:33:59 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Presario C500 (RQ335UA#ABA)
ProcCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
SourcePackage: udev
Title: package udev 162-2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dmi.bios.date: 01/16/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.13
dmi.board.name: 30C6
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 78.10
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.13:bd01/16/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresarioC500(RQ335UA#ABA):pvrF.13:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30C6:rvr78.10:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Presario C500 (RQ335UA#ABA)
dmi.product.version: F.13
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

hello
can you please run in a terminal
sudo apt-get clean
and run again update manager
Thanks
Fabio

[Mandar Hawaldar (mandar-h)]

Did sudo apt-get clean
No errors with that.

Then I installed updates using Update Manager. Following is the error:

installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ...
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
(Reading database ... 20%
(Reading database ... 25%
(Reading database ... 30%
(Reading database ... 35%
(Reading database ... 40%
(Reading database ... 45%
(Reading database ... 50%
(Reading database ... 55%
(Reading database ... 60%
(Reading database ... 65%
(Reading database ... 70%
(Reading database ... 75%
(Reading database ... 80%
(Reading database ... 85%
(Reading database ... 90%
(Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 160031 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace upstart 0.6.6-3 (using .../upstart_0.6.6-4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement upstart ...
Preparing to replace util-linux 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.1 (using .../util-linux_2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement util-linux ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Setting up upstart (0.6.6-4) ...
Setting up util-linux (2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2) ...
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
(Reading database ... 20%
(Reading database ... 25%
(Reading database ... 30%
(Reading database ... 35%
(Reading database ... 40%
(Reading database ... 45%
(Reading database ... 50%
(Reading database ... 55%
(Reading database ... 60%
(Reading database ... 65%
(Reading database ... 70%
(Reading database ... 75%
(Reading database ... 80%
(Reading database ... 85%
(Reading database ... 90%
(Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 160031 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace fuse-utils 2.8.4-1ubuntu1.1 (using .../fuse-utils_2.8.4-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fuse-utils ...
Preparing to replace libfuse2 2.8.4-1ubuntu1.1 (using .../libfuse2_2.8.4-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libfuse2 ...
Preparing to replace passwd 1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3 (using .../passwd_1%3a4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement passwd ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up passwd (1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3.2) ...
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
(Reading database ... 20%
(Reading database ... 25%
(Reading database ... 30%
(Reading database ... 35%
(Reading database ... 40%
(Reading database ... 45%
(Reading database ... 50%
(Reading database ... 55%
(Reading database ... 60%
(Reading database ... 65%
(Reading database ... 70%
(Reading database ... 75%
(Reading database ... 80%
(Reading database ... 85%
(Reading database ... 90%
(Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 160031 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libuuid1 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.1 (using .../libuuid1_2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libuuid1 ...
Setting up libuuid1 (2.17.2-0u...

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Can you please run in a terminal
sudo nautilus /var/crash/
and delete all it's content
then run
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Thanks
Fabio

[Mandar Hawaldar (mandar-h)]

I ran out of disk space while doing this.

I tried to recover some space by

sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/*

But didn't help much.

How can I clean up more disk space?

From: Fabio Marconi <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 4:17 PM
Subject: [Bug 720065] Re: package udev 162-2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Hello
Can you please run in a terminal
sudo nautilus /var/crash/
and delete all it's content
then run
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Thanks
Fabio

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Title:
  package udev 162-2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed
  post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Status in Ubuntu:
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Bug description:
  I keep getting this error whenever installing or updating any pakage.
  I'm using USB Live installation of Maverick.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: udev 162-2.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Feb 16 04:33:59 2011
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Presario C500 (RQ335UA#ABA)
  ProcCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  SourcePackage: udev
  Title: package udev 162-2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dmi.bios.date: 01/16/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: F.13
  dmi.board.name: 30C6
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.board.version: 78.10
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.13:bd01/16/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresarioC500(RQ335UA#ABA):pvrF.13:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30C6:rvr78.10:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Presario C500 (RQ335UA#ABA)
  dmi.product.version: F.13
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, the package installation error message that you have received is actually a failure with lzma and a generic one at that. The following steps may help resolve the issue. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again as this may resolve your issue. We plan to make lzma errors more informative and that work is being tracked in bug 691985 which I will mark this a duplicate of.