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package mercurial-common 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1593099 reported by Evgen Zakarliuka on 2016-06-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1715062: package python-six 1.10.0-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mercurial (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

after command sudo apt install mercurial this package do not install.
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
mercurial-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mercurial-common 3.7.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-generic 4.4.10
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 16 09:13:17 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: mercurial
Title: package mercurial-common 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Evgen Zakarliuka (people147) wrote on 2016-06-16:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (222 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (513 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (73.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (124.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (538 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (71.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2016-06-23

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-05-29:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mercurial (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Doran D. Smith (dorandsmith) wrote on 2017-12-13:

Don't know if this is a real bug -- the system generated the report, not me. Am trying to fix a problem with a first sypder install. spyder found a file in python2.7 that was bad. Would not allow spyder to launch. Deleting the bad file and "install --reinstall" did not work. So I deleted all of the python2.7 lib and bin directories, thinking a reinstall or install would find all the missing directories. My bad..... system still thinks python2.7 is installed. Am now studying how to force a fresh install over the top of the old one - if that option exists. So I think this is a problem I created. Sorry.