Resolving an odd dpkg error in Ubuntu \ dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed Usually this problem is due to installation crash.
in my case it was gxine player which got crashed while updating. you can check which program is giving the problem by the following mihir3...@mihir3445-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -l | grep -v ^ii Desired=Unknown/Install/ Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==========================================-=======================================-============================================ rc amarok 2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3 versatile and easy to use audio player for K rc amarok-common 2:1.4.10-0ubuntu3 architecture independent files for Amarok rc bgchanger 0.9-1 Wallpaper Switcher iF gxine 0.5.903-2ubuntu2 the xine video player, GTK+/Gnome user inter rc libgd2-noxpm 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3ubuntu1 GD Graphics Library version 2 (without XPM s rc libifp4 1.0.0.2-3 communicate with iRiver iFP audio devices rc libnjb5 2.2.5-4.2ubuntu1 Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox library rc libtunepimp5 0.5.3-7ubuntu3 MusicBrainz tagging library rc libxalan2-java-gcj 2.7.1-2 XSL Transformations (XSLT) processor in Java iU libxine1 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 the xine video/media player library, meta-pa iU libxine1-all-plugins 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 the xine video/media player library, meta pa iW libxine1-bin 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 the xine video/media player library, binary iU libxine1-console 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 libaa/libcaca/framebuffer/directfb related p iU libxine1-ffmpeg 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 MPEG-related plugins for libxine1 iU libxine1-gnome 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 GNOME-related plugins for libxine1 iU libxine1-misc-plugins 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 Input, audio output and post plugins for lib iU libxine1-plugins 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 the xine video/media player library, meta pa iU libxine1-x 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 X desktop video output plugins for libxine1 rc libxmmsclient-glib1 0.5DrLecter-2ubuntu1 XMMS2 - glib client library rc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.12 Non-free Linux kernel modules for version 2. rc myspell-en-us 1:2.4.0-2ubuntu4 English_american dictionary for myspell you can see iF,iU etc... which shows that gzine was not installed properly. so, to fix this problem you just need to execute following command line argument. sudo dpkg --purge remove gxine which means remove gzine packet and uninstall the program. then you can check if the following command gives you responce or not. sudo dpkg --configure -a it should work normally... Hope this helps. Leave your comments.......... - Mihir Patel. -- applet crashes while installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326086 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
