Re: apt-get failing upgrade on brand new install

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 01:50:39PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On a brand new Ubuntu 7.04 install, I get this when I try to "sudo
> apt-get upgrade" (after update, of course):
>
> lirondah@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done

[huge snip...]

> openoffice.org-style-human
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> lirondah@ubuntu:~$
>
> >
> What must I do to correct this? Thanks in advance.

Have you tried

sudo apt-get -f install

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Try those, several times if necessary, until you see only zeros at the bottom of the output.

Was this a fresh install or a dist-upgrade ? It would be pretty weird on a fresh install...

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Is your /etc/apt/sources.list correct ?

Peter

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