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  1. Bug #1002388
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 1002388

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jdcard (james-jdcard) wrote :

apt-get --fix-broken fails with the same error:

james@ASUS-U36JC:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic (3.2.0-24.38) ...
Running depmod.
Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-generic to initrd.img: File exists
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 17
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)