I think you should try reinstalling the man-db package. sounds like its been the cause of the failed instqlll in your case.
On Jul 17, 2010 4:55 AM, "Grant Paton-Simpson" <launch...@p-s.co.nz> wrote: I (wife of this launchpad account holder) got this problem, but I've been having lots of problems for a couple of weeks, with all applications crashing regularly. Anyway, in case it helps, this is the log file: Processing triggers for man-db ... dpkg: error processing man-db (--unpack): subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault) Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_NZ.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing: man-db E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script... -- package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592102 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