Revome PowerDVD

[zach4618]

So I bought my aunt one of those Dell Inspiron 15n laptops... it came with Ubuntu 9.04 as well Dell Power DVD. I wanted to try the DVD software out on my Ubuntu 9.10 beta machine, so I inserted the disk, installed the dependencies, etc. To make a long story short, it didnt work. The DVD playback was choppy (I tried a couple different movies) and the audio was off by half second or so. So I went to uninstall using computer janitor, but it ended up just breaking the software and not removing the package. By itself this wouldnt be a problem, but now if I try to do any updates, I get the following message:


Software index is broken

It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first.

So I opened up terminal and ran the command:


zach@zach:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for zach:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
pdvdlinux
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 71 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 115156 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing pdvdlinux ...
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/powerdvd/default_list'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/powerdvd/autoplay_dvd'
No value to set for key: `/desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autoplay_dvd'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/powerdvd/autoplay_dvd_command'
/var/lib/dpkg/info/pdvdlinux.postrm: 41: update-app-install: not found
dpkg: error processing pdvdlinux (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
pdvdlinux
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Ive tried using synaptic as well, but I get another error. Short of doing a clean install, does anyone have an idea for how to fix this?

[hvackevin]

Same problem. Solutions? Anybody?

[hvackevin]

Solved!

sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/info/pdvdlinux.postrm

# Comment out the last three lines & save

sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/info/pdvdlinux.postinst

# Comment out the last three lines of this also & save

sudo dpkg -P --force-all pdvdlinux

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

Now, all errors will be resolved. You can add and remove packages again through apt and synaptic and update-manager.

[epicoder]

Works perfectly! Thank you so much.

[GregFuess]

Not sure what comment out means, but I am experiencing the same problem, and would appreciate any help. I ran the commands recommended, but get
dpkg: error processing pdvdlinux (--purge):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
pdvdlinux

Recommendations and advise appreciated.

Regards

Greg

[caro]

Not sure what comment out means, but I am experiencing the same problem, and would appreciate any help. I ran the commands recommended, but get
dpkg: error processing pdvdlinux (--purge):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
pdvdlinux

Recommendations and advise appreciated.

Regards

Greg

Greg, I had the same problem and the solution above solved it.

To comment out means to insert the pound sign or hash mark "#" (without the quotes) at the beginning of the line. Then save the file and follow the directions given above.

[boygenuis]

Excellent post. This worked for me as well.

[PerplexedPangolin]

This solved my issues with my Dell Inspiron when I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, thank you!!!