* Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> [131126 23:43]:
> On 27/11/13 17:46, John Magolske wrote:
> > I'm finding I can't install any packages with `aptitude dist-upgrade`
> > `aptitude install ...` etc, keep getting this:
> >
> > % sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
> > [...]
> > E: APT_HOOK_INFO_FD is not correctly defined.
> > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
> > code (10)
> > E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
> > A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
>
> *A package failed to install.*
>
> Try:-
> # apt-get -sf install | more
>
> and see what it says.
>
> If it suggests a rational solution repeat without the -s *then* do:-
> # apt-get upgrade
>
> Only then should you dist-upgrade.
Any `apt-get install` fails with an error message related to
"APT_HOOK_INFO_FD is not correctly defined". For example:
# apt-get -sf install jupp | more
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
jupp
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 280 not upgraded.
Inst jupp (3.1.26-1 Debian:unstable [i386])
Conf jupp (3.1.26-1 Debian:unstable [i386])
# apt-get -f install jupp | more
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
jupp
E: APT_HOOK_INFO_FD is not correctly defined.
E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error code
(10)
E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 280 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/202 kB of archives.
After this operation, 615 kB of additional disk space will be used.
`apt-get upgrade` gets that message as well.
Regards,
John
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