Installation Error Message

[Naslb]

Hi, I recently upgraded to Mint 8 and almost every time I install a program an error message appears
"E: mint-artwork-gnome: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1"
and the program doesn't appear when searched for in mint menu?
Is there anything I can do about this?
Thanks

[pompom]

Welcome to Linux Mint!

There is a file missing after the upgrade. The easiest solution

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sudo apt-get remove mint-artwork-gnome
sudo apt-get install mint-artwork-gnome

During the reinstall the missing file gets correctly installed.

Cheers,

pompom

[Naslb]

Thanks, but during reinstall I got another error message:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
google advised me to type "touch /var/lib/dpkg/diversions" in a terminal which returned:
"touch: cannot touch `/var/lib/dpkg/diversions': Permission denied"
placing a sudo before the command resulted nothing at all happening.
Any suggestions? thanks.

[viking777]

One of the many annoyances of working in a terminal is that sometimes there is absolutely no visual difference between nothing happening and what you wanted to happen happening. My guess is that your command actually worked in other words you created the file '/var/lib/dpkg/diversions'. Though quite what that has done for you I have no idea - you will have to ask Google again

[Naslb]

Unfortunately that was the extent of the advice (found on a Debian forum) I tried installing again and again the same error messages appeared
any further advice?

[viking777]

I can't think of anything specific that would link those two errors except a faulty install. Did you upgrade Mint 7 to Mint 8 or did you newly install Mint 8? I understand the attraction of the upgrade route, but it is usually more prone to error. I have read of a few problems with this route although I don't use it myself. If you freshly installed Mint 8 then the usual questions spring to mind about checking the md5 sum of your download and burning at something other than full speed.
This is all very general but I really can't think of anything more specific. Maybe somebody else can?

EDIT. Wait a minute, what am I thinking of, here is something you can try:

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sudo apt-get -f install

In a terminal. Supposed to fix broken dependencies.

[Naslb]

Thanks a lot for your time and effort!
Typing sudo apt-get -f install resulted in:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libboost-regex1.37.0 libboost-iostreams1.37.0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up mint-artwork-gnome (2.5.6) ...
cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing mint-artwork-gnome (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
mint-artwork-gnome
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

basically the same error messages again.
Any other suggestions that might avoid a full reinstall?
thanks

[viking777]

Sorry, not from me. I fail to understand what mint-artwork has got to do with your printer setup (cups)? The error message seems to mention a different file or folder every time you try it which says to me 'faulty install'. You may like to leave it a day and see if somebody else comes up with something, I could easily be wrong, it might be something simpler than that.

[Naslb]

Thanks a lot for your time and effort.

[nptolman]

I am receiving the same type of error messages when I try to install things.
Mine is having a problem with "ttf-mscorefonts-installer"
I have a fresh Install of Mint 8.
I will keep an eye on this thread and hope someone has the answer.

dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Update: This post fixed my problem:
http://friendlytechninja.vndv.com/2009/ ... mic-koala/
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1238323
But mine only dealt with 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer'
Not sure if any of the concepts in those would help.
Good luck.

[xman1616]

I'm having an issue with uninstalling or installing the package dansguardian-gui. I'm using Mint 10 with Gnome. The terminal output is listed below. I'm not a complete Linux noob, but I'm not super familiar with command line fixes. Thanks.

Joe

joe-linuxmint10 joe # sudo apt-get remove dansguardian-gui
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
dansguardian-gui
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 102kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 139254 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dansguardian-gui ...
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/ubuntu_ce_firewall exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
dpkg: error processing dansguardian-gui (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
dansguardian-gui
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)