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shemeza 03-18-2013 03:59 AM
fails to download desktop packages in ubuntu server
 
hi,

i tried to install ubuntu-desktop in my server edition but i didn't succeeded, i've got this error message

Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

is anybody who help me out?

my system is ubuntu server 12.04 lts

eklavya 03-18-2013 04:26 AM
Try
Code:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Method-2

Code:
sudo ps -ag
kill all dpkg process by kill command
use
Code:
$ kill -9 process-name

tombelcher7 03-18-2013 07:38 AM
By all means try eklavya's technique; but more of a question raised is why you want to install a GUI on Ubuntu Server in the first place? All you will be doing is increasing the attack surface and adding yet more software to be patched and updated????


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