kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 16, Issue 15s

[C Hamel]

> From: Frank Brassil <fbrassil at bigpond.net.au>
> Subject: Problem with faulty package
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <200605061804.52969.fbrassil at bigpond.net.au>
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>
> Hello Everybody
>
> I am running breezy and tried to install a package called lilypond, which
> is music typesetting software. Unfortunately the package is broken, but now
> whenever I try to do anything to upgrade the system, I get error messages
> about the package. I have ready every bit of documentation I can find and
> have tried to delete, remove and purge it, but it will not go away.
>
> Has anyone any advice?
>
> the following is what happens:
>
> frank at bandicoot:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/4736kB of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
>
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 69889 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace lilypond-data 2.6.3-9~breezy1
> (using .../lilypond-data_2.6.3-9~breezy1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement lilypond-data ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/lilypond-data.postrm: line 23: /usr/bin/kpsewhich: No
> such file or directory
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: line 23: /usr/bin/kpsewhich: No such file or
> directory
> dpkg: error
> processing /var/cache/apt/archives/lilypond-data_2.6.3-9~breezy1_all.deb
> (--unpack):
>  subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: line 23: /usr/bin/kpsewhich: No such file or
> directory
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/lilypond-data_2.6.3-9~breezy1_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> frank at bandicoot:/var/cache/apt/archives$
>
> Thanks in anticipation for your help
>
> Kind regards
>
> Frank Brassil
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
Have you tried using 'y' when it asks, or tried --fix-missing?  I have run 
into that, myself, some time back.  I don't remember for certain which one 
fixed the prob but I think it was the latter.

HTH & FWIW...
-- 
	...CH
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