On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:12:24 +0100 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> said:
> I recently installed Mint 18 on a desktop system, and added e and > terminology like this: > > sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:niko2040/e19 > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install enlightenment terminology > > All working nicely. Then this morning I ran my weekly update: > > peter@oimelc:~/$ sudo apt update > [sudo] password for peter: > Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease > Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease > Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease > Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/niko2040/e19/ubuntu xenial InRelease > ...all normal. > > peter@oimelc:~/$ sudo apt upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > libdrm-common libllvm5.0 libqmi-glib5 > The following packages will be upgraded: > apparmor apport apt apt-transport-https apt-utils apt-xapian-index > [snip lots and lots of packages] > systemd-sysv terminology timeshift transmission-common > After this operation, 87.4 MB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/niko2040/e19/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 > terminology amd64 1.2.0-0xenial3 [11.0 kB] > Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 > bsdutils amd64 1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.4 [51.5 kB] > [...] > > So off it went and updated everything just fine...EXCEPT at the end: > > dpkg: error processing package terminology (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > terminology > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Terminology has disappeared from my menus and from /usr/bin so it has > vanished. > > I tried to get it back with: > > $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install terminology > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not > upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. > E: Internal Error, No file name for terminology:amd64 > > Does anyone know where I can get it in a .deb form that won't vanish at > an update? perhaps remove the pkgs fully (dpkg --purge it) before re-installing? -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
