[SOLVED] apt-get failed on some items and now errors on them every time.

[amishphysicist]

Heya,

I've had a nagging problem with apt-get. I tried to install some fancy audio stuff a few weeks ago and a couple of items failed. Since they failed, I figured I could just go into the add/remove programs gui and untick the offenders. That failed too.

Now any time I apt-get anything, or install from the happy-fun-time add/remove gui, those two little bastards error out:


Setting up timidity (2.13.2-19ubuntu1) ...
* Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation... [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript timidity, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing timidity (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntustudio-audio:
ubuntustudio-audio depends on timidity; however:
Package timidity is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntustudio-audio (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured


How can I tell ubuntu to put the axe to these?

thanks!

[Partyboi2]

Open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and try

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt-get install -f

[Torquemada28]

Thanks mate!

Your solution fixed my problem in THIS THREAD (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=934707).

You're a bloody champion.

[amishphysicist]

Hmm. no luck there...


nlieby@nlieby-lin:~/code/xoom/mainline$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for nlieby:
Setting up timidity (2.13.2-19ubuntu1) ...
* Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation... [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript timidity, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing timidity (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntustudio-audio:
ubuntustudio-audio depends on timidity; however:
Package timidity is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntustudio-audio (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
timidity
ubuntustudio-audio
nlieby@nlieby-lin:~/code/xoom/mainline$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up timidity (2.13.2-19ubuntu1) ...
* Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation... [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript timidity, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing timidity (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntustudio-audio:
ubuntustudio-audio depends on timidity; however:
Package timidity is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntustudio-audio (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
timidity
ubuntustudio-audio
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Partyboi2]

Reading a bug report a person had success by stopping timidity manually first, so try

sudo killall timidity

sudo apt-get install

[amishphysicist]

Hmm. Still fails with the killall:


sudo killall timidity
[sudo] password for nlieby:
nlieby@nlieby-lin:~/code/xoom/mainline$ sudo killall ubuntu-studio
ubuntu-studio: no process killed
nlieby@nlieby-lin:~/code/xoom/mainline$ sudo apt-get install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up timidity (2.13.2-19ubuntu1) ...
* Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation... ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
[fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript timidity, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing timidity (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntustudio-audio:
ubuntustudio-audio depends on timidity; however:
Package timidity is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntustudio-audio (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
timidity
ubuntustudio-audio
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Partyboi2]

If you don't need timidity try removing it.

sudo apt-get remove timidity

[amishphysicist]

Sweet. That's what I was trying to do in the first place, but the add/remove GUI failed at ever getting rid of them.



sudo apt-get remove timidity
[sudo] password for nlieby:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
timidity ubuntustudio-audio
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 1778kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 200278 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ubuntustudio-audio ...
Removing timidity ...
* Stopping TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation...

Thread solved! You get 10 bro points.