I ran sudo update-manager -d
in order to upgrade from ubuntue 12.10 to ubunut 13.04 and got (..) Could not install 'gconf2' The upgrade will continue but the 'gconf2' package may not be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it. subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 (..) At first, the upgrade went on but then stopped after a while, i.e. it never ended successfully. System status is know totally unknown. $ uname -a Linux niesen 3.8.0-15-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 27 19:19:30 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)" $ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1162124 Title: package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Status in “gconf” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I ran dist-upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10, then immediately tried dist- upgrade to 13.04. gconf2 install failed with this traceback: Processing triggers for gconf2 ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/gconf-schemas", line 8, in <module> import sys,os,os.path,shutil,tempfile,subprocess,re File "/usr/lib/python2.7/tempfile.py", line 32, in <module> import io as _io ImportError: No module named io Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 64, in apport_excepthook from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 4, in <module> from apport.report import Report File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 12, in <module> import subprocess, tempfile, os.path, re, pwd, grp, os File "/usr/lib/python2.7/tempfile.py", line 32, in <module> import io as _io ImportError: No module named io Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/gconf-schemas", line 8, in <module> import sys,os,os.path,shutil,tempfile,subprocess,re File "/usr/lib/python2.7/tempfile.py", line 32, in <module> import io as _io ImportError: No module named io dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--unpack): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Errors were encountered while processing: gconf2 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 158.47s user 71.08s system 1% cpu 4:01:52.88 total ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46-generic 3.5.7.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Mar 29 23:08:51 2013 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-20 (343 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120327.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gconf Title: package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-30 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/1162124/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp