This appears to be preventing me from fixing broken packages in Synaptic after failed 14.04 -> 16.04.3 upgrade. I still haven’t entirely figured that one out, the only clue being where it seemed to fail:
2017-12-20 13:43:58,269 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/ppp_2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1_amd64.deb': 'subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1404783 Title: warnings from apt: W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'compiz-core' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt/+bug/1404783/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs