2014/10/23 12:57 "Charles Kroeger" <ckro...@frankensteinface.com>: > > On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:30:02 +0200 > Charlie <aries...@ipstarmail.com.au> wrote: > > > > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > > > When I encountered this error (which was mentioned on this list a few > > > days ago) I purged the linjpeg-turbo-progs package (on which > > > apparently nothing depended because it went without complaint) and > > > then resumed my upgrade; the error went away. But maybe that's not the > > > "right" way to do it. > > I get a code (1) on every dist-upgrade for some time now..maybe two weeks, can't > remember but if I run: > > apt-get -f install > > apt-get goes on to setup the packages it downloaded. > > If the dist-upgrade message says it it going to remove a lot of packages I run > instead: > > apt-get -u upgrade > > I continue this command until a dist-upgrade returns to sanity.
Probably a meaningless suggestion, but have you tried apt-get clean ? -- Joel Rees Computer memory is just fancy paper, CPUs just fancy pens. All is a stream of text flowing from the past into the future.
