Public bug reported: sudo apt-get remove ttf-mscorefonts-installer says:
Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following packages will be REMOVED: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 28 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 133 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: ttf-mscorefonts-installer E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer says: Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/27.4 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure): package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') Errors were encountered while processing: ttf-mscorefonts-installer E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I'm stuck! Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 AptOrdering: ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Configure Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Nov 5 23:57:44 2012 ErrorMessage: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-25 (11 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: msttcorefonts Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-03 (2 days ago) ** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1075419 Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1075419/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs