<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 23/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Garrett</b> <<a href="mailto:peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au">peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:01:09 +0800<br>"Brian Walker" <<a href="mailto:bfwalker@gmail.com">bfwalker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)<br>> >
<br>><br>> It seems clear what is wrong, but what is not clear is how to fix it. Hours<br>> later, and here I am to see if anyone here has a good idea for fixing it?<br><br>Have you tried<br><br>sudo apt-get -f install
<br><br>(just that with no arguments)<br><br>That will attempt to fix your installation by removing/installing what is<br>needed. Sometimes you need to run that a couple of times, and install one<br>or two packages as needed, but often it will resolve the situation .
<br><br>It's also also worth trying aptitude, rather than apt-get ( aptitude is<br>smarter !)<br></blockquote></div><br>Sadly - both fail ... <br>