Error message with synaptic

chrishall57 · posted: 2011-05-09 20:59

Have done a reload on the repositories but keep getting this error message when updating or adding some software.

E: libslang2: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139

Any ideas?

Ta

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-05-09 21:19

What app are you installing/adding?

chrishall57 · posted: 2011-05-09 21:29

Anything - hpjis, wine, update to name a few.

What was the dpkg command which usually cleans up issues with apt-get?

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-05-09 21:40

dpkg --install --force-all packagename

But that is brutal. Before doing that.

What does apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade show?

Followd by apt-get -f install

chrishall57 · posted: 2011-05-10 05:19

apt-get update didn't seem to update much.

apt-get dist-upgrade pulled down some files from the internet and processed them until this:

Get:16
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/"
linktext was:"http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/"
====================================
testing/main ttf-lyx all 2.0.0-1 [186 kB]
Fetched 19.7 MB in 2min 11s (150 kB/s)
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Setting up libslang2 (2.2.4-2) ...
Segmentation fault
dpkg: error processing libslang2 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
libslang2
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

libslang is also part of my original error message.

Cheers.

buttcoffee · posted: 2011-05-10 07:54

You could try dpkg --configure -a

If that doesn't work, you could try and delete the package from /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename then type in

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dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq packagename
dpkg --purge packagename
apt-get update

You should backup your system before you start deleting stuff. __{{emoticon}}__ Hope any of that helps.

chrishall57 · posted: 2011-05-10 08:43

Cheers, not at home at the moment but will try this evening.

chrishall57 · posted: 2011-05-10 17:59

Ooh err!

# dpkg --configure -a

gives me

root@lansburyslido:/home/chris# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libslang2 (2.2.4-2) ...
Segmentation fault
dpkg: error processing libslang2 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while processing:
libslang2

Not looking good, methinks a fresh install is in order!

chrishall57 · posted: 2011-05-10 20:10

Did a reinstall, seemed the easy option. __{{emoticon}}__

Any procedure I should be following for a new installation re updates etc?

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-05-10 20:13

IMO it is best to dist-upgrade using apt-get in a terminal.

For individual packages, synaptic should be ok.

Don't install ttf-lyx at the moment __{{emoticon}}__