update issues after array 7 install

Matt Galvin matt.t.galvin at gmail.com
Fri Mar 18 03:20:41 UTC 2005


Hi all,

The Array 7 install went well but when I dist-upgrade in synaptic I
get this error:

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E: fontconfig:  subprocess post-installation script returned error
exit status 10
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Nothing broke so I ignored it, I then went to install some other stuff
which also partially failed so I ran it from the cli and got

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mgalvin at simplicity:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
7 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Setting up fontconfig (2.2.3-4ubuntu5) ...
dpkg: error processing fontconfig (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libqt3c102-mt:
 libqt3c102-mt depends on fontconfig; however:
  Package fontconfig is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libqt3c102-mt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libarts1:
 libarts1 depends on libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3); however:
  Package libqt3c102-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libarts1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs-bin:
 kdelibs-bin depends on libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3); however:
  Package libqt3c102-mt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kdelibs-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs4:
 kdelibs4 depends on libarts1 (>= 1.3.2); however:
  Package libarts1 is not configured yet.
 kdelibs4 depends on libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3); however:
  Package libqt3c102-mt is not configured yet.
 kdelibs4 depends on kdelibs-bin (= 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2); however:
  Package kdelibs-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kdelibs4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mpeglib:
 mpeglib depends on kdelibs4 (>= 4:3.4.0); however:
  Package kdelibs4 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mpeglib (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libarts1-mpeglib:
 libarts1-mpeglib depends on libarts1 (>= 1.3.2); however:
  Package libarts1 is not configured yet.
 libarts1-mpeglib depends on mpeglib (>= 4:3.4.0); however:
  Package mpeglib is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libarts1-mpeglib (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fontconfig
 libqt3c102-mt
 libarts1
 kdelibs-bin
 kdelibs4
 mpeglib
 libarts1-mpeglib
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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It seems to me like the latest fontconfig package is broken in some
way which is blocking other packages. Has anyone else run into this?

Matt




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