Package Operation Failed - Install and Remove functions in Software Center

[emopdx]

Recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and, when installing or removing programs in the Software Center, I am getting "Package Operation Failed" after everything. Installations get hung up at the 71-73% range, then revert to 50%, and then the "Package Operation Failed" window. The programs seem to get installed anyway but I do not know if their functionality is being affected.

Here are the details when I installed Google Gadgets:
installArchives() failed: Selecting previously deselected package libggadget-1.0-0.
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 172182 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libggadget-1.0-0 (from .../libggadget-1.0-0_0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package google-gadgets-common.
Unpacking google-gadgets-common (from .../google-gadgets-common_0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package google-gadgets-gst.
Unpacking google-gadgets-gst (from .../google-gadgets-gst_0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libggadget-qt-1.0-0.
Unpacking libggadget-qt-1.0-0 (from .../libggadget-qt-1.0-0_0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package google-gadgets-xul.
Unpacking google-gadgets-xul (from .../google-gadgets-xul_0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package google-gadgets-qt.
Unpacking google-gadgets-qt (from .../google-gadgets-qt_0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'

Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'

Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'

Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'

Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'

Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'

Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'

Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'

Unknown media type in type 'fonts/package'

Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin'

Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.0) ...

These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
platform compatibility". This is no longer the case, but they are
still available from third parties.

You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
to the file name or packaging format.

--2009-12-08 00:04:05-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `downloads.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:04:15-- http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving switch.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `switch.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:04:25-- http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving mesh.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `mesh.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:04:35-- http://dfn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving dfn.dl.sourceforge.net... 194.95.236.6
Connecting to dfn.dl.sourceforge.net|194.95.236.6|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=dfn.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:04:41-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=dfn.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `downloads.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:04:51-- http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving heanet.dl.sourceforge.net... 193.1.193.66, 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c142
Connecting to heanet.dl.sourceforge.net|193.1.193.66|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=heanet.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:04:57-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=heanet.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `downloads.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:05:07-- http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving jaist.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `jaist.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:05:17-- http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving nchc.dl.sourceforge.net... 211.79.60.17, 2001:e10:ffff:1f02::17
Connecting to nchc.dl.sourceforge.net|211.79.60.17|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=nchc.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:05:22-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=nchc.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `downloads.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:05:32-- http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net... 200.236.31.1
Connecting to ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net|200.236.31.1|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:05:39-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `downloads.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:05:49-- http://internode.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving internode.dl.sourceforge.net... 150.101.135.12
Connecting to internode.dl.sourceforge.net|150.101.135.12|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=internode.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:05:55-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=internode.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `downloads.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:06:05-- http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving voxel.dl.sourceforge.net... 208.122.31.16
Connecting to voxel.dl.sourceforge.net|208.122.31.16|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=voxel.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:06:11-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=voxel.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `downloads.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:06:21-- http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving kent.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `kent.dl.sourceforge.net'
--2009-12-08 00:06:31-- http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
Resolving internap.dl.sourceforge.net... 64.7.222.131
Connecting to internap.dl.sourceforge.net|64.7.222.131|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=internap.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:06:36-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe?download&failedmirror=internap.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.59
Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.59|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe [following]
--2009-12-08 00:06:41-- http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe
Resolving voxel.dl.sourceforge.net... 208.122.31.16
Connecting to voxel.dl.sourceforge.net|208.122.31.16|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 198384 (194K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `./andale32.exe'

0% [ ] 0 --.-K/s 2% [ ] 5,054 19.8K/s 6% [=> ] 13,142 25.7K/s 13% [====> ] 26,622 34.7K/s 24% [========> ] 48,190 47.1K/s 41% [===============> ] 81,890 63.8K/s 65% [========================> ] 130,418 83.3K/s 96% [====================================> ] 192,426 108K/s 100%[======================================>] 198,384 109K/s in 1.8s

2009-12-08 00:06:49 (109 KB/s) - `./andale32.exe' saved [198384/198384]

--2009-12-08 00:06:49-- http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/arialb32.exe
Resolving internap.dl.sourceforge.net... 64.7.222.131
Connecting to internap.dl.sourceforge.net|64.7.222.131|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe?download&failedmirror=internap.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:06:54-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe?download&failedmirror=internap.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.59
Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.59|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe [following]
--2009-12-08 00:07:00-- http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe
Resolving voxel.dl.sourceforge.net... 208.122.31.16
Connecting to voxel.dl.sourceforge.net|208.122.31.16|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 168176 (164K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `./arialb32.exe'

0% [ ] 0 --.-K/s 3% [> ] 5,056 18.3K/s 7% [==> ] 13,144 25.2K/s 15% [=====> ] 26,624 34.2K/s 28% [==========> ] 48,192 46.6K/s 48% [=================> ] 81,892 63.5K/s 83% [===============================> ] 139,856 90.4K/s 100%[======================================>] 168,176 105K/s in 1.6s

2009-12-08 00:07:07 (105 KB/s) - `./arialb32.exe' saved [168176/168176]

--2009-12-08 00:07:07-- http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/arial32.exe
Resolving internap.dl.sourceforge.net... 64.7.222.131
Connecting to internap.dl.sourceforge.net|64.7.222.131|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe?download&failedmirror=internap.dl.sourceforge.net [following]
--2009-12-08 00:07:13-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe?download&failedmirror=internap.dl.sourceforge.net
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.59
Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.59|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://cdnetworks-us-2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe [following]
--2009-12-08 00:07:19-- http://cdnetworks-us-2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe
Resolving cdnetworks-us-2.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Connection timed out.
wget: unable to resolve host address `cdnetworks-us-2.dl.sourceforge.net'
andale32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: andale32.exe
extracting fontinst.inf
extracting andale.inf
extracting fontinst.exe
extracting AndaleMo.TTF
extracting ADVPACK.DLL
extracting W95INF32.DLL
extracting W95INF16.DLL

All done, no errors.
arialb32.exe: OK
Extracting cabinet: arialb32.exe
extracting fontinst.exe
extracting fontinst.inf
extracting AriBlk.TTF

All done, no errors.
sha256sum: arial32.exe: No such file or directory
arial32.exe: FAILED open or read
sha256sum: WARNING: 1 of 1 listed file could not be read
Checksum mismatch for arial32.exe, aborting!
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up libggadget-1.0-0 (0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2) ...

Setting up google-gadgets-common (0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2) ...

Setting up google-gadgets-gst (0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libggadget-qt-1.0-0 (0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2) ...

Setting up google-gadgets-xul (0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up google-gadgets-qt (0.10.5-0.2ubuntu2) ...

Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[emopdx]

Never mind. It was that pesky ttf-mscorefonts-installer. Got it fixed up.

[gibsonsimswilson]

Hi

I have just installed 9.10 and I have this error;

E: ttf-mscorefonts-installer: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

How did you fix it ?

Thanks

[emopdx]

To remove the installer, use this code in TERMINAL:

sudo apt-get remove ttf-mscorefonts-installer

If you want the fonts but not the installer, follow the directions on this site:
http://friendlytechninja.vndv.com/2009/11/05/howto-fix-ttf-mscorefonts-installer-problems-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala/

Good luck!

[srijancb]

I have got this error... How to repair?

installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 184106 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libcupsys2 (from .../libcupsys2_1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.20_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsys2_1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.20_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libcups.so.2', which is also in package libcups2 1.4.4-6ubuntu2.3
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsys2_1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.20_amd64.deb
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs4c2a:
kdelibs4c2a depends on libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.1); however:
Package libcupsys2 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing kdelibs4c2a (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libktnef1:
libktnef1 depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libktnef1 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkcal2b:
libkcal2b depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
libkcal2b depends on libktnef1 (>= 4:3.5.0); however:
Package libktnef1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkcal2b (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkcddb1:
libkcddb1 depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkcddb1 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kaddressbook:
kaddressbook depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
kaddressbook depends on libkcal2b (>= 4:3.5.0); however:
Package libkcal2b is not configured yet.
kaddressbook depends on libktnef1 (>= 4:3.5.0); however:
Package libktnef1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kaddressbook (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkleopatra1:
libkleopatra1 depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkleopatra1 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdelibs-bin:
kdelibs-bin depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
kdelibs-bin depends on libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.1); however:
Package libcupsys2 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing kdelibs-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tellico:
tellico depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
tellico depends on libkcal2b (>= 4:3.5.0); however:
Package libkcal2b is not configured yet.
tellico depends on libkcddb1 (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package libkcddb1 is not configured yet.
tellico depends on libktnef1 (>= 4:3.5.0); however:
Package libktnef1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tellico (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libkdepim1a:
libkdepim1a depends on kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.2); however:
Package kdelibs4c2a is not configured yet.
libkdepim1a depends on libkcal2b (>= 4:3.5.0); however:
Package libkcal2b is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libkdepim1a (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured