Getting error in apt-get

ljs662_removed · 10-08-2007, 06:03 PM

Hi LQ,
Everytime I try to use apt-get to install or upgrade, I get the error below.

I am running ubuntu 7.10 gusty gibbon.

apt-get was running fine previously I'm not sure what went wrong.

user@laptop:/tmp$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up update-notifier (0.60) ...
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/update-notifier.schemas:12: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: default line 7 and schema
</schema>
^
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/update-notifier.schemas:14: parser error : expected '>'
</schemalist>
^
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/update-notifier.schemas:15: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: schemalist line 2 and gconfschemafile
</gconfschemafile>
^
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/update-notifier.schemas:16: parser error : Premature end of data in tag gconfschemafile line 1

^
dpkg: error processing update-notifier (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
update-notifier
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
user@laptop:/tmp$

Any Ideas????

:wq

pljvaldez · 10-08-2007, 06:07 PM

You can try sudo apt-get dist-upgrade or try using sudo aptitude upgrade (or dist-upgrade). Sometimes aptitude handles things better than apt-get.

ljs662_removed · 10-08-2007, 06:08 PM

Hmmmm OK I came accross this --> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...er/+bug/150666

If that helps.
I'm still not sure how to fix it though....

pljvaldez · 10-08-2007, 06:12 PM

Looks like you just need to sudo gedit /usr/share/gconf/schemas/update-notifier.schemas and change line 7 to look like this:

Code:

<gconfschemafile>
  <schemalist>
    <schema>
      <key>/schemas/apps/update-notifier/show_apport_crashes</key>
      <applyto>/apps/update-notifier/show_apport_crashes</applyto>
      <type>bool</type>
      <default>false</default>
      <locale name="C">
        <short>Display apport crash reports automatically</short>
        <long>If this is disabled, the user will not be notified about pending apport crash reports.</long>
      </locale>
    </schema>

  </schemalist>
</gconfschemafile>

ljs662_removed · 10-09-2007, 01:36 AM

Thankyou pljvaldez.

That fixed it :-)

rickh · 10-09-2007, 01:38 AM

If you switch from using apt-get to aptitude, your first aptitude command should be ...
# aptitude keep-all