[Bug 1198582] Re: package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Colin Watson cjwatson at canonical.com
Tue Sep 23 14:31:06 UTC 2014


*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1372673 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1372673

Thanks for your report.  The basic problem here is that man-db's trigger
uses debconf to decide whether to update the manual page database, but
debconf is not always reliably usable in triggers.  I finally figured
out a simple way to avoid this problem, which I'm tracking as bug
1372673.  If you are still affected by this locally (which I realise is
unlikely in the case of some of the older bugs of this type), then
running "sudo dpkg --configure -a && sudo apt-get -f install" in a
terminal should normally be enough to get the package management system
back to a sensible state.

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1372673
   excessive debconf use when triggered

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Title:
  package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed
  post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Status in “man-db” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I don't know what happened.  Today I updated recent updates which were
  automatically sent to me (easypeasy on an Aspire D257-13450.
  Everything was running fine until the upgrade.  Now my computer fails
  to awaken from sleep after closing the lid or resting until the power
  utility darkens the screen.  Also, the network now doesn't log into
  the available wireless and in fact, the wireless is disabled upon
  awakening. So, I'm trying to reinstall the previous Easypeasy and now
  it won't install the wireless drivers.  Go figure.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: man-db 2.5.7-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Jul  6 22:24:56 2013
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  LiveMediaBuild: EasyPeasy 1.6
  SourcePackage: man-db
  Title: package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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