godwinme
October 19th, 2011, 12:03 PM
Hello,
I installed ubuntu 10.11 on my HP laptop.
The Update manager has updates that need to be installed but when i try to install them, i get the error 'the installation or removal of a software package failed'.
Detailed information displayed is below:
installArchives() failed: Extracting templates from packages: 44%% Extracting templates from packages: 89%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 44%% Extracting templates from packages: 89%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 44%% Extracting templates from packages: 89%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(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 ... 151010 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sysvutils (from .../sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/mesg.1.gz', which is also in package sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45_i386.deb
Error in function:
Thanks.
I installed ubuntu 10.11 on my HP laptop.
The Update manager has updates that need to be installed but when i try to install them, i get the error 'the installation or removal of a software package failed'.
Detailed information displayed is below:
installArchives() failed: Extracting templates from packages: 44%% Extracting templates from packages: 89%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 44%% Extracting templates from packages: 89%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 44%% Extracting templates from packages: 89%% Extracting templates from packages: 100%%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(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 ... 151010 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sysvutils (from .../sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/mesg.1.gz', which is also in package sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/sysvutils_2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45_i386.deb
Error in function:
Thanks.