[Bug 395405] Re: package python-cairo 1.4.12-1.2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)

[Andrew Grigorev]

Same issue, looks like a packaging bug:

[ ei-grad at ei-grad ~ ]
→ LANG=C sudo apt-get install python-cairo-dev                                                                                               100 ↵
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python-cairo-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
79 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/432 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1178 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 243759 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../python-cairo-dev_1.8.8-1ubuntu5_all.deb ...
Unpacking python-cairo-dev (1.8.8-1ubuntu5) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/python-cairo-dev_1.8.8-1ubuntu5_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/pkgconfig/pycairo.pc', which is also in package python-cairo 1.10.2-utopic1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/python-cairo-dev_1.8.8-1ubuntu5_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Title:
  package python-cairo 1.4.12-1.2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess pre-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)

Status in “pycairo” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Just installed gnome, was on kde (Kubuntu 9.04), first login in gnome
  and popup window appeared.

  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
  Package: python-cairo 1.4.12-1.2ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: pycairo
  Title: package python-cairo 1.4.12-1.2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

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