(SOLVED) Update not completed - errors...

[tenfoot]

LMDE

Icon indicated updates available. Got to Install Updates, then box appeared:

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Additional changes
libgraphic2-2.0.0
libnetfilter-conntrack3

Clicked O.K.

Error box

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Update is complete

Not all changes and updates succeeded.  For further details of the failure, please expand the 'Details' panel below

Details gave:

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/usr/share/themes/Shiki-Wise/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:126: Murrine configuration option "gradients" is no longer supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Shiki-Wise/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:126: Murrine configuration option "gradients" is no longer supported and will be ignored.
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable.
dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable.
dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable.
Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable.
dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable.
dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable.
Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.

Once again, help is requested, please?

[tdockery97]

If you haven't tried already, run in terminal:

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then try your update again.

[zerozero]

tenfoot your sudo is broken

[tenfoot]

If you haven't tried already, run in terminal:

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then try your update again.

That gave me:

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zed@systemproductname-desktop ~ $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for zed: 
dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable.
dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable.
dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable.
Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.
zed@systemproductname-desktop ~ $ 

Then I read your second post and my heart sank to my boots

[tenfoot]

tenfoot your sudo is broken

Will plough through those messages and try to fathom out what I should do but this "ancient bear of little brain" is not altogether confident that he is capable of resolving the issue

[kaptainkarl]

A workaround for this problem if you're still having trouble is to run anything that needs superuser privileges with "sudo -i" instead of just "sudo". So you can run (either from a terminal or from the 'alt-f2' run-command dialog) 'sudo -i mintupdate' and the update program will be able to install without freaking out. Or you can run su'd as root instead of using sudo. I haven't tried it, but adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to your path before sudo'ing might also work...

[Gerd50]

I fixed it this way:

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gksu gedit etc/sudoers

in sudoers is a line

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Defaults   env_reset

under this line i added the new line

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Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

[tenfoot]

Thank you Gerd50 Your fix also fixed my problem and i am now up-to date with upgrades.

[Jorox]

I am a newbie to the Linux enviroment.
But I must say the Mint disrtribution is proving to be a lovely way to start my way.
Eventhough I've faced alot of problems at first, the community here is excellent.

This is my first post, and I hope it wont be my last.
Thank you for posting this fix, it sure brightened my day after a long depression.