half installed ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[BarryD9545]

While trying to install ttf-mscorefonts-installer I get this error:


barry@BKC-Media:~$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already the newest version.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

1 not fully installed or removed.

Need to get 0 B/27.8 kB of archives.

After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.

Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y

dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):

package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration

cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

Errors were encountered while processing:

ttf-mscorefonts-installer

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Now what?

Thanks!

[oldos2er]

Maybe
sudo dpkg --configure -a

[BarryD9545]

No luck, same result.

Also, when running the software update, it didn't complete. Just a window that said,

The installation or removal of a software package failed.

[Frogs Hair]

You can try the following which works with aptitude, but I am not sure about apt-get. Replace the words package name with the complete name of the package being removed .


sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreqgrep ^ /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* package name


http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/aptitude

[BarryD9545]

cut/pasted the command from Frog's Hairs' instructions in with my package name and got this:


barry@BKC-Media:~$ sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreqgrep ^ /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* ttf-mscorefonts-installer
dpkg: error: conflicting actions -f (--field) and -r (--remove)

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages
;
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked
produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !


So I added a hypen to the -force and got this:

barry@BKC-Media:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force --force-remove-reinstreqgrep ^ /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* ttf-mscorefonts-installer
dpkg: error: unknown force/refuse option `--force-remove-reinstreqgrep'

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages
;
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked
produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !


help

[Frogs Hair]

As I remember I had the same result without aptitude installed .
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management

Try
sudo dpkg -r

[BarryD9545]

Tried and got:


barry@BKC-Media:~$ sudo dpkg -r ttf-mscorefonts-installer
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--remove):

Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should

reinstall it before attempting a removal.

Errors were encountered while processing:

ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[varunendra]

Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.

So what happens when you try what it suggested ^^ -

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[BarryD9545]

Hadn't tried your commands before, I'm kinda too new at this to have known it, and got new results.

ttf-mscorefonts-installer installed!
(yay)

Thanks varunendra!

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[oldos2er]

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