Bookspoppa

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I just installed Debian, and I am upgrading to unstable. When I do the command apt-get upgrade I recieve the an error saying Sub-Process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1).

this is the the screen leading up to the error:

Preparing to replace console-common 0.7.38 (using .../console-common_0.7.40_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/console-common_0.7.40_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 9
Loading /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
Preparing to replace libkrb53 1.3.2-2 (using .../libkrb53_1.3.3-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libkrb53
Preparing to replace libpam-runtime 0.76-16 (using .../libpam-runtime_0.76-19_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libpam-runtime ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/console-common_0.7.40_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I am a newbie, so please be specific in your reply. Thanks a lot for your help in advance.

CBlue

After you get that error, try apt-get -f install to force an install of the files that didn't get loaded because of the error. Then try apt-get upgrade again, apt-get -f install back and forth until only the package that has the error is left.

Bookspoppa

thanks a lot. that worked.

souljah

If you are going to be using debian unstable (sid) it is inherently necessary to read the manpage for dpkg and apt-get. This was just a small taste of what can go wrong with sid

CBlue

I love Sid though! It's fun!

feral-deb

I had a similar problem and what i found that worked for me was going into /var/lib/dpkg/info and deleting everything that had that name and you may also have to go into /var/cache/apt/archives and do the same thing. I'm fairly new to linux so if this breaks anything i am sorry. i haven't run into any problems yet that this has caused.

mrcheeks

For new users, IMHO it's easier to go on with stable or testing instead of unstable.

spinstartshere

Thank you, feral-deb. Your comment helped me with a somewhat chronic problem I was having with a package on Ubuntu.

elaterite

feral-deb you're a genius! Thanks!