Problem solved!

I rebooted, and then, as recommended, executed
sudo apt-get install -f

This worked; no more problems!

  -- Saul

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Saul Lubkin <email address hidden> wrote:

> Perhaps, if I uninstall wine, the debconf problem would disappear?
>
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> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Saul Lubkin <email address hidden>wrote:
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>> As noted above, the problem cam when I executed
>>
>> sudo apt-get install wine
>>
>> I believe the problem was related to the following:  At one point, a
>> grey window came up, indicating that there was microsoft code or some
>> such thing, and requiring that I click on a radio button indicating
>> "Yes".  I was unable to click on the radio button; I tried.
>>
>> So I killed the process.
>>
>> The problem "debconf, etc." .. has now occurred, every time new software
>> is attempted to be installed.
>>
>> But the software seems to work fine.
>>
>> I've just installed a new linux kernel.
>>
>> My guess is, that I should reboot.
>>
>> Had the "debconf error" not occurred, I believe that that would have
>> been the next step requested by the system.
>>
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>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1088731
>>
>> Title:
>>   sudo apt-get install wine produced an error, exit code 1
>>
>> Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
>>   New
>>
>> Bug description:
>>   I was asked to give the output of  pstree -alps 8839
>>
>>   The output is:
>>
>>
>>   init,1
>>     `-sudo,8568 apt-get install wine
>>         `-apt-get,8569 install wine
>>             `-dpkg,8703 --status-fd 44 --unpack --auto-deconfigure
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/fonts-horai-umefont_442-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libgif4_4.1.6-9.1ubuntu1_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libilmbase6_1.0.1-4_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libopenexr6_1.6.1-6_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libmagickcore5-extra_8%3a6.7.7.10-2ubuntu4_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libmpg123-0_1.14.2+svn20120622-1_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.6.6-3ubuntu5_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libnss-winbind_2%3a3.6.6-3ubuntu5_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libodbc1_2.2.14p2-5ubuntu4_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libpam-winbind_2%3a3.6.6-3ubuntu5_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/odbcinst_2.2.14p2-5ubuntu4_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/odbcinst1debian2_2.2.14p2-5ubuntu4_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/cabextract_1.4-3_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4ubuntu3_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/ttf-umefont_442-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/wine-gecko1.4_1.4.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4-common_1.4.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4-i386_1.4.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/binfmt-support_2.0.12_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4_1.4.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/winetricks_0.0+20120912_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libcapi20-3_1%3a3.12.20071127-0ubuntu11_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/fonts-unfonts-core_1.0.3.is.1.0.2-080608-5ubuntu2_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libencode-locale-perl_1.03-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhttp-date-perl_6.02-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libfile-listing-perl_6.04-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhtml-tagset-perl_3.20-2_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhtml-parser-perl_3.69-2_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhtml-tree-perl_5.02-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/liblwp-mediatypes-perl_6.02-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhttp-message-perl_6.03-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhttp-cookies-perl_6.00-2_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhttp-negotiate-perl_6.00-2_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libnet-ssleay-perl_1.48-1_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libio-socket-ssl-perl_1.76-1ubuntu1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libnet-http-perl_6.03-2_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/liblwp-protocol-https-perl_6.03-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-robotrules-perl_6.01-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libwww-perl_6.04-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/icoutils_0.30.0-1_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_8%3a6.7.7.10-2ubuntu4_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libfont-afm-perl_1.20-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhtml-form-perl_6.03-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhtml-format-perl_2.10-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libhttp-daemon-perl_6.01-1_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libnetpbm10_2%3a10.0-15ubuntu1_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/netpbm_2%3a10.0-15ubuntu1_i386.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/ttf-unfonts-core_1.0.3.is.1.0.2-080608-5ubuntu2_all.deb
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/unixodbc_2.2.14p2-5ubuntu4_i386.deb/var/cache/apt/archi
>>                 `-frontend,8839 -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend
>> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst install
>>                     |-preinst,8853 -e /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinstinstall
>>                    |-preinst,8853 -e /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst install
>>                     `-whiptail,8858 --backtitle Package configuration
>> --title Configuring ttf-mscorefonts-installer --output-fd 11
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