On running "apt-get install" the installation of dpkg is detected as incomplete and is continued. Error message is "touch: setting times of `/var/log/dpkg.log': Bad address"
I have re-done "apt-get update" to have same error repeated upon another "apt-get install" Did the same with aptitude. "aptitude update" then "aptitude install" and here is the output: sl2.mine.nu psb $ sudo aptitude install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: smartmontools The following partially installed packages will be configured: dpkg 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 298 not upgraded. Need to get 332kB of archives. After unpacking 823kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main smartmontools 5.38-3ubuntu2 [332kB] Fetched 332kB in 0s (935kB/s) Setting up dpkg (1.15.4ubuntu2) ... touch: setting times of `/var/log/dpkg.log': Bad address dpkg: error processing dpkg (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: dpkg E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up dpkg (1.15.4ubuntu2) ... touch: setting times of `/var/log/dpkg.log': Bad address dpkg: error processing dpkg (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: dpkg Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done -- package dpkg 1.15.4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463201 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
