removing a partially-installed package

[TheHitcher]

I tried to install google chrome, and even with gdebi it fails, but now everytime i try to update it fails due to this in terminal, ubuntu software etc

running 17.04

i get this error for a normal apt-get upgrade:


Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable:i386 (42.0.2311.90-1) ...
xdg-icon-resource: size argument must be numeric
Try 'xdg-icon-resource --help' for more information.
dpkg: error processing package google-chrome-stable:i386 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
google-chrome-stable:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Bashing-om]

TheHitcher; Hello;

Google a bit back dropped all support for 32 bit code.

Try and install the 64 bit version ?



what can I say else ?

[TheHitcher]

Ah that'd explain that!

I still need the 386 version removed to proceed with any additional installs or upgrades though :(

[Bashing-om]

TheHitcher; Hey .

Try:


sudo apt --purge autoremove google-chrome-stable

If that runs clean we also want to make sure that the sources fetch is also removed prior to any system updates.
Should be in the 3rd party directory .


tail -v -n +1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*


If there one can uncheck the PPA from within software and updates GUI ( one way - else from a text editor )



maybe Yes

[TheHitcher]

Hi Bashing-om, I've tried that already unfortunately, but it seems like everything (even synaptic) can't complete because of the same error as in the original post :(

[Bashing-om]

TheHitcher; Humm ...

Let's see what the package manager does when we remove the PPA .
Post back:


tail -v -n +1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
apt policy google-chrome-stable

to get the source ID for the ' sudo add-apt-repository -r' command.



find a way to-do

[TheHitcher]

Here's the output from that:


<me>@laptop:~$ tail -v -n +1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/papirus-ubuntu-papirus-zesty.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/papirus/papirus/ubuntu zesty main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/papirus/papirus/ubuntu zesty main
<me>@laptop:~$ apt policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:i386:
Installed: 42.0.2311.90-1
Candidate: 42.0.2311.90-1
Version table:
*** 42.0.2311.90-1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Bashing-om]

TheHitcher; Huh ?

Well no google-chrome listing ... strange , is it elsewhere ?

Post :


cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list




gotta - find - a way

[TheHitcher]

1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 17.04 _Zesty Zapus_ - Release amd64 (20170412)]/ zesty main restricted
2
3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
4 # newer versions of the distribution.
5 deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty main restricted
6 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty main restricted
7
8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
9 ## distribution.
10 deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates main restricted
11 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates main restricted
12
13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
16 deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty universe
17 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty universe
18 deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates universe
19 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates universe
20
21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
25 ## security team.
26 deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty multiverse
27 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty multiverse
28 deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates multiverse
29 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-updates multiverse
30
31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
36 deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
37 # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
38
39 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
40 ## 'partner' repository.
41 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
42 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
43 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty partner
44 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty partner
45
46 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security main restricted
47 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security main restricted
48 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security universe
49 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security universe
50 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security multiverse
51 # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security multiverse


i know it's so awkward not seeing it, it's in a state of limbo!

[TheHitcher]

it was downloaded from the chrome site as a .deb if that helps any?

[Bashing-om]

TheHitcher:Uh Huh /



it was downloaded from the chrome site as a .deb if that helps any?

Then the package manager should have a track on a .deb .

What shows :


dpkg -l google-chrome-stable

where when we get the right name, the package manager will deal with it .



where there is a will there is a way

[TheHitcher]

Output below:


Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
pF google-chrome- 42.0.2311.90 i386 The web browser from Google

[Bashing-om]

TheHitcher; Humm ...

Again, not what I expected, but ---

try:


sudo dpkg -P google-chrome


Maybe yes


could be not so yes

[TheHitcher]

sigh!! haha


dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove google-chrome which isn't installed

[Bashing-om]

TheHitcher; Well ....

Let's say the name was truncated, and try as:


sudo dpkg -P google-chrome-stable




maybe now ?

[TheHitcher]

output:


sudo dpkg -P google-chrome-stable
(Reading database ... 284240 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing google-chrome-stable:i386 (42.0.2311.90-1) ...
xdg-icon-resource: size argument must be numeric
Try 'xdg-icon-resource --help' for more information.
dpkg: error processing package google-chrome-stable:i386 (--purge):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
xdg-icon-resource: size argument must be numeric
Try 'xdg-icon-resource --help' for more information.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
google-chrome-stable:i386

[Bashing-om]

TheHitcher; Well;


A new one on me ... See what we can learn.
Take the package manager's advise and have a looksee:


xdg-icon-resource --help

Points to the icon for google-chrome.
We need now " xdg-icon-resource uninstall [--theme theme] " to find that icon location and name.

Does the Desktop file exist ?


ls -al /home/<username>/Desktop/

And did 'dpkg' do something ?


dpkg -l | grep -i google-chrome
sudo find / -name "*google-chrome*"




one of those times



we just have to find out

[TheHitcher]

Hi, i think this may be solved!

i did

sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status

and removed the entry for chrome in there, and did apt-get upgrade, now everything seems to go fine in the terminal when upgrading everything else :)

It's still present as an installed entry in the ubuntu software GUI but I can live with just ignoring that. thanks for all your help :)