Example of a failed installation:
ubuntu@ip-10-112-41-194:~$ sudo apt-get install bzr Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: bzrtools python-bzrlib Suggested packages: bzr-doc bzr-gtk bzr-svn python-bzrlib.tests graphviz librsvg2-bin python-kerberos python-bzrlib-dbg xdg-utils The following NEW packages will be installed: bzr bzrtools python-bzrlib 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,981 kB of archives. After this operation, 10.3 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main python-bzrlib i386 2.4.0~beta5-2ubuntu1 [1,887 kB] Get:2 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main bzr all 2.4.0~beta5-2ubuntu1 [35.2 kB] Get:3 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main bzrtools all 2.4.0~bzr767-2ubuntu1 [58.6 kB] Fetched 1,981 kB in 0s (2,316 kB/s) debconf: DbDriver "config": could not open /var/cache/debconf/config.dat Selecting previously deselected package python-bzrlib. (Reading database ... 27688 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking python-bzrlib (from .../python-bzrlib_2.4.0~beta5-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package bzr. Unpacking bzr (from .../bzr_2.4.0~beta5-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package bzrtools. Unpacking bzrtools (from .../bzrtools_2.4.0~bzr767-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for python-central ... Processing triggers for man-db ... debconf: DbDriver "config": could not open /var/cache/debconf/config.dat dpkg: error processing man-db (--unpack): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: man-db E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819957 Title: purging /var/cache breaks debconf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debconf/+bug/819957/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
