The mintdesktop upgrade bug is hitting LMDE
The solution is to shut mintdesktop's obsolete prerm script..
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sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade
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sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade
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apt update
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm
apt install mintdesktop
clem wrote:To be more precise:
Note: This is related to the previous version of mintdesktop (as weird as it sounds, this is actually a fix but because we're in the presence of a prerm bug you get hit by the problem after you remove the buggy version) and it's not specific to LMDE.Code: Select all
apt update sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm apt install mintdesktop
hmmmmtenfoot wrote:clem wrote:To be more precise:
Note: This is related to the previous version of mintdesktop (as weird as it sounds, this is actually a fix but because we're in the presence of a prerm bug you get hit by the problem after you remove the buggy version) and it's not specific to LMDE.Code: Select all
apt update sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm apt install mintdesktop
Thank you Clem. I'll mark my query regarding this as solved.
Hey Bill,billril wrote:My update doesn't do the update and comes up with this error!
"E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mintdesktop_3.2.2_all.deb: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up"
should I delete the file in cache and give it a try?
cheers
Bill
scharkalvin wrote:I had got the script error, and my menu is missing the icons. I tried the fix and now the script error is gone the update seems in sync, but the main menu still has no icons. What's wrong?
It took a while, but this seems to have worked for my install, too.grey1960envoy wrote:Sunwatt I posted in my terminal : sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade . and after the reboot it worked like a charm
Trying to get LMDE installed correctly - my question: when do I enter this command? Sorry, but the last attempt at an install bombed either (a) because I accepted suggested overwriting of various config files while MintUpdate installed 600+ updates, or (b) because I entered the above code at the wrong time - i.e., before I let MintUpdate bring the system up to date (w/the 600+ changes).proxima_centauri wrote:Via clem,
The mintdesktop upgrade bug is hitting LMDE
The solution is to shut mintdesktop's obsolete prerm script..Code: Select all
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm && apt upgrade
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apt update
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mintdesktop.prerm
apt install mintdesktop