[Bug 947335] [NEW] Unable to install the software

[krishnamoorthi]

Public bug reported:

krishna at krishna-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
[sudo] password for krishna: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
skype is already the newest version.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libdns66
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 214 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up console-setup (1.57ubuntu20) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /etc/console-setup/vtrgb doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing console-setup (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
 ubuntu-minimal depends on console-setup; however:
  Package console-setup is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 console-setup
 ubuntu-minimal
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
krishna at krishna-laptop:~$

** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Unable to install the software

Status in “console-setup” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  krishna at krishna-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
  [sudo] password for krishna: 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  skype is already the newest version.
  The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
    libdns66
  Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 214 not upgraded.
  2 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  Setting up console-setup (1.57ubuntu20) ...
  update-alternatives: error: alternative path /etc/console-setup/vtrgb doesn't exist.
  dpkg: error processing console-setup (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
   ubuntu-minimal depends on console-setup; however:
    Package console-setup is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                            Errors were encountered while processing:
   console-setup
   ubuntu-minimal
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  krishna at krishna-laptop:~$

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