"Cound not install 'syslinux-themes-debian'" in Cleaning up phase of GUI Kubuntu 14.10 upgrade
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
(This is a duplicate of bug #1385016, but `apport-collect 1385016` tells me not to report a dupe, so I used `ubuntu-bug ubuntu-
Similar to bug #1385016, but I followed https:/
Just like that bug, the alert dialog has "subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127"
It's in the Cleaning up phase and /var/log/dkpg.log has
2014-10-25 17:56:48 status installed syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:48 remove syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:48 status half-configured syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:48 status half-installed syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:49 status installed syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:49 remove syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:49 status half-configured syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:49 status half-installed syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:51 status config-files syslinux-
2014-10-25 17:56:51 status config-files syslinux-
So I think the upgrader is trying to remove this package, not install it.
I tried reporting this from the [Report bug] button in the Error dialog, but that failed with
Chromium can not be run as root.
Please start Chromium as a normal user. ...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubuntu-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Oct 25 18:36:38 2014
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: ubuntu-
Symptom: ubuntu-
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-26 (0 days ago)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.