package software-center 0.4.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Damian Ondore]

Binary package hint: software-center

I installed Karmic UNR on my Lenovo x61s. The first time I attempted to install my additional packages, software-centre broke.

it won't upgrade, uninstall, reinstall. It is just ocnstantly broken.

Using 'fix broken packages' in Synaptic doesn't help, nor does " sudo dpkg ---configure -a 2 or anything else I have been advised to try.

Considering resintalling 'Karmic Proper' as opposed to UNR version from scratch...

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 7 18:24:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: software-center 0.4.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.40-generic
SourcePackage: software-center
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Title: package software-center 0.4.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is the error:

..
Setting up software-center (0.4.6) ...^M
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error^M
dpkg: error processing software-center (--configure):^M
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2^M
...
Setting up tango-icon-theme-common (0.7-0ubuntu1) ...^M
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error^M
dpkg: error processing tango-icon-theme-common (--configure):^M
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2^M

This looks like something is wrong with your system, not a specific bug in software-center. Could you please run a memory test and a filesystem check?

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you provide us with the missing information. You can modify the bug's status by clicking on it an change the status back to new. Please submit any bugs that you may experience in the future.

[martin suchanek (martin-suc)]

This error still exist in package software-center 5.6.0-0ubuntu2
In my case it appears for the first time within distribution upgrade (from quantal - to raring)
There is no error message in terminal - it just freeze and only what I can see from ps ... command it stuck on postinst script.
$ /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/software-center.postinst configure
I have to always kill postinst process to make upgrade to continue.

apt-cache policy software-center
software-center:
  Installed: 5.6.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 5.6.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 5.6.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://localhost/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04