'E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)' when installing anything
Don't mark this as a duplicate, as solutions posted in other threads have not worked in this case.
When I try to install software or run sudo apt-get upgrade, the same error message returns every time:
Code:james@JimUbuntuTop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade[sudo] password for james: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic linux-image-extra-3.8.0-19-generic The following packages have been kept back: account-plugin-aim account-plugin-facebook account-plugin-flickr account-plugin-google account-plugin-jabber account-plugin-salut account-plugin-twitter account-plugin-windows-live account-plugin-yahoo accountsservice activity-log-manager-control-center alsa-utils anacron apparmor appmenu-qt5 apport apport-gtk apt-clone apt-utils aptdaemon aptitude aptitude-common apturl apturl-common avahi-daemon bamfdaemon baobab bind9-host blt brasero brasero-cdrkit brasero-common brltty checkbox checkbox-qt chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n colord compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins-default cpp cpp-4.7 cups cups-browsed cups-bsd cups-client cups-daemon cups-filters dbus dconf-tools deja-dup dnsutils duplicity empathy empathy-common eog evince evince-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common fakeroot file-roller firefox folks-common friends-dispatcher friends-facebook friends-twitter g++ g++-4.7 gcc gcc-4.7 gcc-4.7-base gcr gdb gdebi gdebi-core gedit gedit-common gir1.2-dee-1.0 gir1.2-ebook-1.2 gir1.2-edataserver-1.2 gir1.2-gdata-0.0 gir1.2-goa-1.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 gir1.2-pango-1.0 gir1.2-rb-3.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0 gir1.2-totem-plparser-1.0 gir1.2-unity-5.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0 gir1.2-wnck-3.0 gnome-calculator gnome-contacts gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data gnome-disk-utility gnome-font-viewer gnome-keyring gnome-mines gnome-orca gnome-power-manager gnome-screensaver gnome-session gnome-session-bin gnome-session-common gnome-settings-daemon gnome-sudoku gnome-system-log gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-x gstreamer1.0-clutter gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-x gucharmap guile-2.0-libs gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-bin gvfs-common gvfs-daemons gvfs-fuse gvfs-libs hplip hplip-data hud ibus ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 ibus-pinyin ibus-table ifupdown indicator-application indicator-appmenu indicator-bluetooth indicator-datetime indicator-power indicator-printers indicator-session indicator-sound iproute iptables iputils-ping isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common language-selector-common language-selector-gnome libaccount-plugin-1.0-0 libaccountsservice0 libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libaprutil1 libapt-pkg-perl libasound2 libav-tools libavdevice53 libbind9-90 libbrasero-media3-1 libcairo-perl libcdr-0.0-0 libclone-perl libclutter-1.0-0 libclutter-gst-2.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libcolord1 libcompizconfig0 libcups2 libcupscgi1 libcupsfilters1 libcupsimage2 libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 libdbusmenu-gtk4 libdecoration0 libdee-1.0-4 libebook-1.2-14 libegl1-mesa libegl1-mesa-drivers libevdocument3-4 libevview3-3 libfile-fcntllock-perl libfolks-eds25 libfolks-telepathy25 libfolks25 libgail-3-0 libgail-common libgail18 libgbm1 libgcc-4.7-dev libgcc1 libgcr-3-1 libgdata13 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libgles2-mesa libglib-perl libgnome-control-center1 libgnutls26 libgoa-1.0-common libgomp1 libgpgme11 libgpod-common libgpod4 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common libgtk2-perl libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtkmm-3.0-1 libgtksourceview-3.0-common libgucharmap-2-90-7 libhpmud0 libido3-0.1-0 libio-pty-perl libisccc90 libisccfg90 libitm1 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 libjson-glib-1.0-0 libjson0 liblocale-gettext-perl liblwres90 libmailtools-perl libmetacity-private0a libmspub-0.0-0 libnet-dns-perl libnetfilter-conntrack3 libnm-gtk0 libnss3 libnss3-1d libnux-4.0-0 libnux-4.0-common libopencv-core2.4 libopencv-highgui2.4 libopencv-imgproc2.4 libopencv-video2.4 libpam-modules libpam-modules-bin libpango-perl libpango1.0-0 libpangomm-1.4-1 libpeas-1.0-0 libplymouth2 libpolkit-backend-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libpoppler-glib8 libppl-c4 libpulse0 libpurple0 libpwquality1 libpython-stdlib libpython2.7 libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libpython3-stdlib libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative libqt4-designer libqt4-help libqt4-network libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-scripttools libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-test libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libquadmath0 libquvi7 librdf0 libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-help-en-gb libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-l10n-en-gb libreoffice-l10n-en-za libreoffice-math libreoffice-ogltrans libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-presentation-minimizer libreoffice-style-human libreoffice-writer librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libsane libsane-common libsane-hpaio libsasl2-2 libsignon-extension1 libsignon-plugins-common1 libsmbclient libsnmp-base libsocket6-perl libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.7-dev libsub-name-perl libsvn1 libswscale2 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtotem0 libudev1 libunity-protocol-private0 libunity-webapps0 libunity9 libuuid-perl libvisio-0.0-0 libvte-2.90-9 libvte-2.90-common libwayland0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 libwnck-3-0 libwnck22 libxfixes3 libxi6 lintian linux-generic linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic linux-headers-generic-pae linux-image-generic lsb-release mcp-account-manager-uoa mercurial mercurial-common metacity metacity-common modemmanager mousetweaks nautilus nautilus-data nautilus-sendto nautilus-sendto-empathy network-manager network-manager-gnome notify-osd onboard openttd openttd-data overlay-scrollbar-gtk3 perl perl-base perl-modules plymouth plymouth-label pm-utils policykit-1 poppler-utils printer-driver-foo2zjs printer-driver-hpcups printer-driver-postscript-hp procps protobuf-compiler pulseaudio python python-crypto python-gtk2 python-ibus python-imaging python-imaging-compat python-minimal python-oauthlib python-protobuf python-reportlab python-smbc python-ubuntu-sso-client python2.7 python2.7-minimal python3 python3-apport python3-apt python3-aptdaemon python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat python3-brlapi python3-cairo python3-commandnotfound python3-crypto python3-dbus python3-defer python3-dirspec python3-distupgrade python3-gdbm python3-gi python3-gi-cairo python3-httplib2 python3-louis python3-lxml python3-minimal python3-oauthlib python3-oneconf python3-piston-mini-client python3-pkg-resources python3-problem-report python3-pyatspi python3-pyicu python3-six python3-software-properties python3-speechd python3-tk python3-uno python3-update-manager python3-virtkey python3-xdg python3-xkit qdbus qpdf qtchooser rhythmbox rhythmbox-data rhythmbox-mozilla rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder rhythmbox-plugin-magnatune rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist rhythmbox-plugins rsyslog samba-common samba-common-bin seahorse sessioninstaller shotwell signon-keyring-extension signon-plugin-oauth2 signon-plugin-password signon-ui signond smbclient software-properties-common software-properties-gtk speech-dispatcher subversion supertuxkart supertuxkart-data synaptic systemd-services tcl8.5 thin-client-config-agent thunderbird thunderbird-gnome-support thunderbird-locale-en tk8.5 totem totem-common totem-mozilla totem-plugins transmission-common transmission-gtk ttf-dejavu-core ttf-wqy-microhei ubiquity ubiquity-frontend-debconf ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-drivers-common ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-release-upgrader-core ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk ubuntu-restricted-addons ubuntu-sso-client ubuntu-sso-client-qt ubuntu-wallpapers udev udisks2 ufw unity unity-greeter unity-lens-applications unity-lens-files unity-lens-friends unity-lens-music unity-lens-photos unity-lens-video unity-scope-gdrive unity-scope-musicstores unity-scope-video-remote unity-services unity-webapps-service uno-libs3 update-manager update-manager-core update-notifier update-notifier-common upower upstart ure usb-creator-common usb-creator-gtk xdiagnose xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-modesetting xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware zeitgeist-core zeitgeist-datahub zenity zenity-common The following packages will be upgraded: libfftw3-double3 libfftw3-single3 2 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 2 to remove and 543 not to upgrade. 4 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/1,179 kB of archives. After this operation, 123 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 176614 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-image-extra-3.8.0-19-generic (3.8.0-19.30) ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.8.0-19-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.8.0-19-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 6: /etc/default/grub: Syntax error: "(" unexpected run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-extra-3.8.0-19-generic.postrm line 328. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-3.8.0-19-generic (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Removing linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic (3.8.0-19.30) ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.8.0-19-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.8.0-19-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 6: /etc/default/grub: Syntax error: "(" unexpected run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic.postrm line 328. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-extra-3.8.0-19-generic linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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