Ian_Worrall
August 30th, 2014, 01:13 PM
Hi all,
I have a baffling problem.
My fresh install of 14.04.1 desktop (used as a file server) with only Webmin, Sabnzbdplus, Transmission & ZFS-native installed is refusing to install any packages or updates.
It just returns:-
E: Waited for /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true but it wasn't there
E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true
I've read that this normally points to a malformed file at /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf, but that file reads correctly!
// Pre-configure all packages with debconf before they are installed.
// If you don't like it, comment it out.
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";};
I've tried commenting the code out as stated above, but then get the following:-
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
waiting for subprocess dpkg-split failed: No child processes
W: Waited for dpkg --assert-multi-arch but it wasn't there - dpkgGo (10: No child processes)
E: Couldn't wait for subprocess - waitpid (10: No child processes)
E: Couldn't wait for subprocess - waitpid (10: No child processes)
Anyone have any ideas what to do next?
I have a baffling problem.
My fresh install of 14.04.1 desktop (used as a file server) with only Webmin, Sabnzbdplus, Transmission & ZFS-native installed is refusing to install any packages or updates.
It just returns:-
E: Waited for /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true but it wasn't there
E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true
I've read that this normally points to a malformed file at /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf, but that file reads correctly!
// Pre-configure all packages with debconf before they are installed.
// If you don't like it, comment it out.
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";};
I've tried commenting the code out as stated above, but then get the following:-
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
waiting for subprocess dpkg-split failed: No child processes
W: Waited for dpkg --assert-multi-arch but it wasn't there - dpkgGo (10: No child processes)
E: Couldn't wait for subprocess - waitpid (10: No child processes)
E: Couldn't wait for subprocess - waitpid (10: No child processes)
Anyone have any ideas what to do next?