Public bug reported: Shell's output:
$ sudo apt-get remove libaa1-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED libaa1-dev 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/218kB of archives. After this operation, 573kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 264036 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libaa1-dev ... install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information. dpkg: error processing libaa1-dev (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: libaa1-dev E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Package: libaa1-dev 1.4p5-37build1 SourcePackage: aalib Title: package libaa1-dev 1.4p5-37build1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686 ** Affects: aalib (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package -- package libaa1-dev 1.4p5-37build1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396441 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