package r-base-core 2.5.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

[venky80]

Binary package hint: r-base

installed r-base had some error installing r

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 31 21:39:06 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
Package: r-base-core 2.5.1-1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: r-base
Title: package r-base-core 2.5.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
Uname: Linux always-crashes 2.6.22-10-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 22 08:11:52 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[sundol (hyunchul-love-me-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

" paperconf: cannot get paper size from /etc/papersize: No such file or directory" is included in the following install error message.

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$> sudo apt-get install r-base-core
[sudo] password for myid:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  ess r-doc-info r-doc-pdf r-doc-html r-mathlib r-base-html r-base-latex
Recommended packages:
  r-recommended r-base-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  r-base-core
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/10.1MB of archives.
After unpacking 32.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package r-base-core.
(Reading database ... xxxxxx files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking r-base-core (from .../r-base-core_2.5.1-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up r-base-core (2.5.1-1) ...
paperconf: cannot get paper size from /etc/papersize: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing r-base-core (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
Errors were encountered while processing:
 r-base-core
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

I get the same error. You can complete installation when you manually create the /etc/papersize directory.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Usually /etc/papersize is a file, with the contents "a4". See "man paperconf", according to which it should not fail even if /etc/papersize is not existing.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Here's a patch for Feisty, the version numbers has to be corrected for Gutsy.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Can somebody from the Printing Team comment on whether it's normal that there is no /etc/papersize file?

[pépère (dhajage-yahoo)]

I have the same error.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Here is the patch for Gutsy. It was accepted upstream.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

I changed the maintainer field to be Ubuntu Core Developers instead of Ubuntu MOTU Developers. libpapers is in main.

Uploaded - thanks a lot.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

libpaper (1.1.22ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * src/paperconf.c: Use defaultpapername() if systempapername() fails,
    as suggested in lib/paper.h. This makes paperconf return a default
    papersize instead of failing if /etc/papersize doesn't exist.
    (LP: #136512)
  * debian/control: Changed maintainer

 -- Tormod Volden <email address hidden> Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:04:43 +0200