Update of slocate_3.1 failed to install in Hardy Alpha-1

[Stanley Sokolow]

Binary package hint: slocate

Installed 8.04 alpha-1, then received notification icon that 271 updates are available. I clicked to start update. About 2/3 of way through the installation phase, crash notification icon appeared. I clicked on it, but icon "unable to get data" appeared. Scrolling back, I found the error message which said that slocate.3.1-... encountered errors while processing. Tried again to update (slocate was still listed as available for update). Still failed. See details in comment below.

[Stanley Sokolow (overbyte)]

The other 270 updates apparently installed okay.

[Stanley Sokolow (overbyte)]

(Reading database ... 90053 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 (using .../slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
===============================================
===Error. The following diversions still exist:
diversion of /usr/bin/locate to /usr/bin/locate.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/bin/updatedb to /usr/bin/updatedb.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/locate.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
===============================================
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

[wirechief (wirechief)]

 My kernel 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12
===Error. The following diversions still exist:
diversion of /usr/bin/locate to /usr/bin/locate.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/bin/updatedb to /usr/bin/updatedb.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/locate.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
===============================================
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Same error here.

[Phil Norbeck (ptn107)]

Same error.

Preparing to replace slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 (using .../slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
===============================================
===Error. The following diversions still exist:
diversion of /usr/bin/locate to /usr/bin/locate.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/bin/updatedb to /usr/bin/updatedb.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/locate.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
===============================================
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Geoff (storbeck)]

Same error, has there been a fix released?

(Reading database ... 93147 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 (using .../slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
===============================================
===Error. The following diversions still exist:
diversion of /usr/bin/locate to /usr/bin/locate.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/bin/updatedb to /usr/bin/updatedb.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/locate.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
===============================================
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

[wirechief (wirechief)]

I put my slocate package on hold so I don't continually get the error.

On Dec 11, 2007 10:30 PM, Geoff <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157661 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157661
>
> Same error, has there been a fix released?
>
> (Reading database ... 93147 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 (using .../slocate_3.1-
> 1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
> ===============================================
> ===Error. The following diversions still exist:
> diversion of /usr/bin/locate to /usr/bin/locate.notslocate by slocate
> diversion of /usr/bin/updatedb to /usr/bin/updatedb.notslocate by slocate
> diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz to
> /usr/share/man/man1/locate.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
> diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.1.gz to
> /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
> ===============================================
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-
> 1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
>
> --
> Update of slocate_3.1 failed to install in Hardy Alpha-1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175044
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
>

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[riri (girardhenri)]

i remove slocate and reinstalled it
but waring !!
they say that to work needs to run cron (they write the command)
and after it works

cat in a tree a écrit :
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157661 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157661
>
> I put my slocate package on hold so I don't continually get the error.
>
> On Dec 11, 2007 10:30 PM, Geoff <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>
>> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157661 ***
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157661
>>
>> Same error, has there been a fix released?
>>
>> (Reading database ... 93147 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to replace slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 (using .../slocate_3.1-
>> 1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
>> ===============================================
>> ===Error. The following diversions still exist:
>> diversion of /usr/bin/locate to /usr/bin/locate.notslocate by slocate
>> diversion of /usr/bin/updatedb to /usr/bin/updatedb.notslocate by slocate
>> diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz to
>> /usr/share/man/man1/locate.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
>> diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.1.gz to
>> /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
>> ===============================================
>> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-
>> 1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
>>
>> --
>> Update of slocate_3.1 failed to install in Hardy Alpha-1
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175044
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

[Stephen Cradock (s-cradock)]

same error here:

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Preparing to replace slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 (using .../slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...

Error. The following diversions still exist:
diversion of /usr/bin/locate to /usr/bin/locate.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/bin/updatedb to /usr/bin/updatedb.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/locate.norslocate.1.gz by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.notslocate.1.gz by slocate

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

[Kent Seaton (spr0k3t)]

riri has it spot on. I purged slocate and did a reinstall of cron (already installed by default). From there, I added slocate back in and it worked without any errors.

[riri (girardhenri)]

In fact : I read the message in adept which was telling me to do this !!
I didn't read it the first time because i sent a bug warning... But as I
don't like having something wrongly on my computer I did it several time
till i endly read this in english !!!

Kent Seaton a écrit :
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157661 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157661
>
> riri has it spot on. I purged slocate and did a reinstall of cron
> (already installed by default). From there, I added slocate back in and
> it worked without any errors.
>
>

[thomashenryboehm (thomasboehm)]

Thank-you.