I have done both upgrade and dist-upgrade and got the same type of error.For dist-upgrade, the error is :-" Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc-bin_2.11.3-3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"
The output of "dpkg -l | grep dpkg":- client:/home/student# dpkg -l | grep dpkg ii apt 0.6.46.4-0.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii dpkg 1.13.25 package maintenance system for Debian ii dpkg-dev 1.13.25 package building tools for Debian ii type-handling 0.2.19 dpkg architecture generation script Best Regards, Joysankar Sengupta On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu 21 Jun 2012 at 11:34:06 +0000, Joy Sankar Sengupta wrote: > > > I think it is working now.But still getting some error while installing > > downloaded updates. > > > > dpkg: regarding .../ncurses-base_5.7+20100313-5_all.deb containing > > ncurses-base: > > package uses Breaks; not supported in this dpkg > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/ncurses-base_5.7+20100313-5_all.deb > > (--unpack): > > unsupported dependency problem - not installing ncurses-base > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/ncurses-base_5.7+20100313-5_all.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Have done an upgrade *and* a dist-upgrade? Please post the output of > > dpkg -l | grep dpkg > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120621115002.GY30016@desktop > >
