package myspell-en-gb 1:3.0.1-8ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9

[boblindley]

Can't get rid of apt-get update errors.

Can't tell what any new attempt to install anything has done because of long list of errors.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: myspell-en-gb 1:3.0.1-8ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: openoffice.org-dictionaries
Title: package myspell-en-gb 1:3.0.1-8ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

added Information from fix broken try:

E: myspell-en-gb: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
E: myspell-en-za: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
E: openoffice.org-hyphenation: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
E: openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
E: openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
E: wamerican: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9
E: wbritish: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 9

More information:

Now I can't install anything! It tries to remove the above packages and quits.
This MUST be fixed!

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

This appears to be an issue with perl.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

From the log:

Setting up myspell-en-gb (1:3.0.1-8ubuntu1) ...^M
DynaLoader object version 1.08 does not match $DynaLoader::XS_VERSION 1.0802 at /etc/perl/DynaLoader.pm line 92.^M
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/Text/Iconv.pm line 9.^M
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/DictionariesCommon.pm line 6.^M
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/DictionariesCommon.pm line 6.^M
Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/update-openoffice-dicts line 10.^M
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-openoffice-dicts line 10.^M
dpkg: error processing myspell-en-gb (--configure):^M
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

It looks like you might have a custom version of perl's DynaLoader.pm installed. Where did /etc/perl/DynaLoader.pm come from?

[boblindley (bob-brogmoid)]

Thanks for the accurate comment. I didn't think of that.

I need perl/Tkx so I installed ActivePerl 10 to get it to work. My perl/Tkx scripts now work as they should. It put the new perl in /opt/ActivePerl-5.10.

I installed it with sudo so I guess that it could have messed up something. I can't find a way to uninstall it but I will keep looking. I hate to do that because perl/Tkx will go away. But, that is much better than a broken system.

I checked and ActivePerl has a newer version of DynaLoader.pm than the system has. One would think that a newer version would be OK. But then maybe the system is trying to use the newer perl with some older stuff.

I must get ActivePerl 10 out of the system and then figure out how to get perl/Tkx working again without it.

Perl scripts look for perl in /usr/bin/perl and that is where it put the new perl. I can't take that out or it will cause serious problems because the apt series and dpkg programs all appear to use it.

I tried "sudo aptitude reinstall perl" and no luck. I had errors like:
DynaLoader object version 1.08 does not match $DynaLoader::XS_VERSION 1.0802 at /etc/perl/DynaLoader.pm line 92.
and would not do anything because it IS REALLY USING the new perl with the libraries of the old perl.

Looks like a catch 22 -- dead if you do or dead if you don't.

I don't know how to break the interlock.

The trick is how to do a complete reinstall the proper perl and its libraries etc. without using the broken perl ? ? ? ?

[boblindley (bob-brogmoid)]

Problem solved.

Removed ActivePerl and the problem went away.

Thanks for the help.

[Vish (vish)]

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