Encountered this (or similar) when attempting to upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10
2009-10-31 20:22:13,514 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/python2.6-minimal_2.6.4~rc2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb': 'subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 ' Preparing to replace python2.6 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 (using .../python2.6_2.6.4~rc2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement python2.6 ... Preparing to replace python2.6-minimal 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 (using .../python2.6-minimal_2.6.4~rc2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Moving /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/python_igraph-0.5.2-py2.6.egg- info to new location: --> /usr/lib/python2.6/old-site-packages/python_igraph-0.5.2-py2.6 .egg-info (already exist in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ mv: cannot move `/usr/lib/python2.6/site- packages/python_igraph-0.5.2-py2.6.egg-info' to `/usr/lib/python2.6/old- site-packages/': Not a directory dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.6-minimal_2.6.4~rc2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.6-minimal_2.6.4~rc2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb dpkg: error processing python2.6-minimal (--configure): package python2.6-minimal is already installed and configured Errors were encountered while processing: python2.6-minimal [...] dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-minimal: python-minimal depends on python2.6-minimal (>= 2.6.4~rc1); however: Version of python2.6-minimal on system is 2.6.2-0ubuntu1. dpkg: error processing python-minimal (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: python-minimal The result of all this is that I now have an un-bootable system. Errors were encountered while processing: libpython2.6 python-central lsb-release python-apt ubuntu-minimal libasound2 python-newt alsa-utils gconf2 libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd4 libgnomekbdui4 libgweather-common libgweather1 python-support libesd-alsa0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnome2-common libgnome2-0 libbonoboui2-0 libpanel-applet2-0 gnome-applets-data libgnomeui-0 gnome-panel-data libcanberra0 libcanberra-gtk0 metacity-common libmetacity0 capplets-data gnome-settings-daemon python-cairo python-gobject python-gtk2 python-gmenu gnome-menus python-dbus ubuntu-system-service gnome-control-center python-gnomecanvas python-gconf python-gnome2 gnome-about gnome-panel gnome-applets esound-clients gucharmap gnome-session-bin gdm nautilus-data nautilus Processing was halted because there were too many errors. Log ended: 2009-10-31 20:34:50 ** Attachment added: "/var/log/dist-upgrade failed upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34811397/Karmic-upgrade-fail.tgz -- package python2.6 2.6.4~rc2-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '<standard output>': Input/output error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464219 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
