Comment 3 for bug 272342

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vicitor (vicwung) wrote : Re: [Bug 272342] Re: package pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:

I already reinstalled Ubuntu since I was having some other issue. But at the
moment I do not have any issues with my Heron installation. Thanks.
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
> for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> package pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272342
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>
> Status in "pidgin" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: pidgin
>
> trying to upgrade/install/remove pidgin in heron, none of which work. with
> the sudo apt-get -f install command this is what happens.
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> pidgin
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 1901kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> (Reading database ... 123590 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing pidgin ...
> Warning: /usr/share/gconf/schemas/purple.schemas could not be found.
> Usage: gconf-schemas --[un]register file1.schemas [file2.schemas [...]]
>
> gconf-schemas: error: You need at least a file to (un)register.
> dpkg: error processing pidgin (--remove):
> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> pidgin
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Sep 19 21:07:10 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ErrorMessage:
> ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Package: pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> SourcePackage: pidgin
> Title: package pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
>