New question #76549 on vim in ubuntu: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+question/76549
When I do an upgrade, I get the following issue $ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libxcb-render0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb-xv0 libxcb1 5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 79.8kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libxcb1 1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1 [48.4kB] Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libxcb-render0 1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1 [11.2kB] Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libxcb-shape0 1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1 [5842B] Get:4 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libxcb-shm0 1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1 [5252B] Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main libxcb-xv0 1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1 [9140B] Fetched 79.8kB in 0s (386kB/s) (Reading database ... 127768 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libxcb1 1.1.93-0ubuntu3 (using .../libxcb1_1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libxcb1 ... Preparing to replace libxcb-render0 1.1.93-0ubuntu3 (using .../libxcb-render0_1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libxcb-render0 ... Preparing to replace libxcb-shape0 1.1.93-0ubuntu3 (using .../libxcb-shape0_1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libxcb-shape0 ... Preparing to replace libxcb-shm0 1.1.93-0ubuntu3 (using .../libxcb-shm0_1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libxcb-shm0 ... Preparing to replace libxcb-xv0 1.1.93-0ubuntu3 (using .../libxcb-xv0_1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libxcb-xv0 ... Setting up vim (2:7.2.079-1ubuntu5) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing vim (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up vim-gnome (2:7.2.079-1ubuntu5) ... update-alternatives: error or eof reading /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/vim for update_mode () dpkg: error processing vim-gnome (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vim-full: vim-full depends on vim-gnome (>= 1:7.1-135+1); however: Package vim-gnome is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing vim-full (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up libxcb1 (1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1) ... No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Setting up libxcb-render0 (1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1) ... Setting up libxcb-shape0 (1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1) ... Setting up libxcb-shm0 (1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1) ... Setting up libxcb-xv0 (1.1.93-0ubuntu3.1) ... Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Errors were encountered while processing: vim vim-gnome vim-full E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) $ sudo apt-get -f purge vim Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: vim* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 1937kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 127767 files and directories currently installed.) Removing vim ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing vim (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: vim E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I tried this: $ sudo dpkg --purge vim (Reading database ... 127767 files and directories currently installed.) Removing vim ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing vim (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Err And this: $sudo apt-get -f purge vim Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: vim* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 1937kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 127767 files and directories currently installed.) Removing vim ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing vim (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: vim E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)ors were encountered while processing: vim What should I try next? -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
