I got this when upgrading from 14.04.1 LTS. Removing ca-certificates-java (20130815ubuntu1) ... Removing openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers: chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible: man-db -> ca-certificates packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable: ca-certificates: update-ca-certificates man-db: /usr/share/man gconf2: /usr/share/GConf/gsettings dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates (--remove): triggers looping, abandoned Errors were encountered while processing: ca-certificates Error in function:
A fatal error occurred Please report this as a bug and include the files /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in your report. The upgrade has aborted. Your original sources.list was saved in /etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade. SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Could not install the upgrades The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a). Please report this bug in a browser at http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+filebug and attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to the bug report. installArchives() failed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ca-certificates in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541716 Title: package ca-certificates 20150426ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned Status in ca-certificates package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: during installations on a dell laptop latitude d830 ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ca-certificates 20150426ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Feb 3 22:29:11 2016 ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-04 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160103) PackageArchitecture: all RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1 apt 1.1.10 SourcePackage: ca-certificates Title: package ca-certificates 20150426ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates/+bug/1541716/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp