~$ df -Th Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda4 ext3 22G 3.1G 18G 15% / varrun tmpfs 248M 100K 247M 1% /var/run varlock tmpfs 248M 0 248M 0% /var/lock udev tmpfs 248M 48K 247M 1% /dev devshm tmpfs 248M 12K 248M 1% /dev/shm lrm tmpfs 248M 38M 210M 16% /lib/modules/2.6.24-12-generic/volatile /dev/sda1 vfat 47M 124K 47M 1% /media/sda1 /dev/sda2 fuseblk 52G 22G 30G 42% /media/sda2 howard@mawi:~$ sudo apt-get clean howard@mawi:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 5 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up scim (1.4.7-3ubuntu3) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/scim.postinst: 85: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi") dpkg: error processing scim (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-bridge-agent: scim-bridge-agent depends on scim | skim; however: Package scim is not configured yet. Package skim is not installed. dpkg: error processing scim-bridge-agent (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-bridge-client-gtk: scim-bridge-client-gtk depends on scim-bridge-agent; however: Package scim-bridge-agent is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-bridge-client-gtk (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-modules-table: scim-modules-table depends on scim; however: Package scim is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-modules-table (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-tables-additional: scim-tables-additional depends on scim-modules-table (>= 0.5.7-2ubuntu1); however: Package scim-modules-table is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-tables-additional (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: scim scim-bridge-agent scim-bridge-client-gtk scim-modules-table scim-tables-additional E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) not sure if this makes any diff ~$ sudo aptitude reinstall scim scim-bridge-agent scim-bridge-client-gtk scim-modules-table scim-tables-additional Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages will be REINSTALLED: scim scim-bridge-agent scim-bridge-client-gtk scim-modules-table scim-tables-additional 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Setting up scim (1.4.7-3ubuntu3) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/scim.postinst: 85: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi") dpkg: error processing scim (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-bridge-agent: scim-bridge-agent depends on scim | skim; however: Package scim is not configured yet. Package skim is not installed. dpkg: error processing scim-bridge-agent (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-bridge-client-gtk: scim-bridge-client-gtk depends on scim-bridge-agent; however: Package scim-bridge-agent is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-bridge-client-gtk (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-modules-table: scim-modules-table depends on scim; however: Package scim is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-modules-table (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-tables-additional: scim-tables-additional depends on scim-modules-table (>= 0.5.7-2ubuntu1); however: Package scim-modules-table is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-tables-additional (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: scim scim-bridge-agent scim-bridge-client-gtk scim-modules-table scim-tables-additional E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up scim (1.4.7-3ubuntu3) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/scim.postinst: 85: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi") dpkg: error processing scim (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-modules-table: scim-modules-table depends on scim; however: Package scim is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-modules-table (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-bridge-agent: scim-bridge-agent depends on scim | skim; however: Package scim is not configured yet. Package skim is not installed. dpkg: error processing scim-bridge-agent (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-bridge-client-gtk: scim-bridge-client-gtk depends on scim-bridge-agent; however: Package scim-bridge-agent is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-bridge-client-gtk (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scim-tables-additional: scim-tables-additional depends on scim-modules-table (>= 0.5.7-2ubuntu1); however: Package scim-modules-table is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing scim-tables-additional (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: scim scim-modules-table scim-bridge-agent scim-bridge-client-gtk scim-tables-additional Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done i recently upgraded from gutsy to hardy , i got the scim error during upgrade and ignore it this is what i get now