[Bug 291482] Re: package is run with "dpkg --configure" but not "dpkg --unpack" before causing failure

[Steve Langasek]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 940396 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/940396

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 940396
   lucid -> precise main all failed to upgrade: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-runtime

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Title:
  package is run with "dpkg --configure" but not "dpkg --unpack" before
  causing failure

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  After upgrading from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10, a lot of modules failed to upgrade. Logging in to the failsafe xterm and issuing
  #apt-get update
  #apt-get upgrade
  #apt-get install
  solved the problem. This report was from before issuing the apt-get commands

  Computer Dell Latitude D620

  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
  ErrorMessage:
   ErrorMessage: paketet libgnome2-0 är redan installerat och konfigurerat
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: libgnome2-0 2.24.1-0ubuntu4
  SourcePackage: libgnome
  Title: package libgnome2-0 2.24.1-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: 
  Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

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