package gnome-applets 2.20.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:

Thanks for your comments. This does not appear to be a bug report as such. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise your question in the support tracker. http://launchpad.net/support

Part of a really ugly partial upgrade on 8.04a1, (64-bit) @ 2007-12-12, 9:14am EST, running on a Gateway MX6431 laptop, (memory upgraded to 2.0GB, but otherwise stock). Whole list of crashes / errors thrown as of this report, (more coming as the auto-reporters fire up):

Could not install '/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg_1%3a7.3+7ubuntu3_all.deb'
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

Could not install '/var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb'
  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Could not install 'scrollkeeper'
  subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)

* - Could not install 'gucharmap'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

* - Could not install 'gnome-applets-data'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-applets'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'xserver-xorg'
  package xserver-xorg is already installed and configured

* - Could not install 'capplets-data'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-control-center'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'doc-base'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gedit'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-session'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-system-monitor'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-utils'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install the upgrades
  The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
  (Triggers Restart)

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Sorry, the package "capplets-data" failed to install or upgrade.
  (Clicked "Report Problem" - Bug 150562)

Sorry, the package "slocate" failed to install or upgrade.
  (Report Problem - 175341)

Sorry, the package "gucharmap" failed to install or upgrade.
  (Report Problem - 175878)

Sorry, the package "gnome-applets-data" failed to install or upgrade
  (Report Problem -

This is the correct report for the below bug - the previous one should have been filed against gnome-applets-data.

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Part of a really ugly partial upgrade on 8.04a1, (64-bit) @ 2007-12-12, 9:14am EST, running on a Gateway MX6431 laptop, (memory upgraded to 2.0GB, but otherwise stock). Whole list of crashes / errors thrown as of this report, (more coming as the auto-reporters fire up):

Could not install '/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg_1%3a7.3+7ubuntu3_all.deb'
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

Could not install '/var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb'
  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Could not install 'scrollkeeper'
  subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)

* - Could not install 'gucharmap'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

* - Could not install 'gnome-applets-data'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

* - Could not install 'gnome-applets'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'xserver-xorg'
  package xserver-xorg is already installed and configured

* - Could not install 'capplets-data'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-control-center'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'doc-base'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gedit'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-session'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-system-monitor'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install 'gnome-utils'
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Could not install the upgrades
  The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
  (Triggers Restart)

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Sorry, the package "capplets-data" failed to install or upgrade.
  (Clicked "Report Problem" - Bug 150562)

Sorry, the package "slocate" failed to install or upgrade.
  (Report Problem - 175341)

Sorry, the package "gucharmap" failed to install or upgrade.
  (Report Problem - 175878)

Sorry, the package "gnome-applets-data" failed to install or upgrade
  (Report Problem - 155013 - mistake, should have been different bug)

Sorry, the package "gnome-applets" failed to install or upgrade
  (Report Problem - 155013 - correct, this is the right one for this error)

Also affects latest bugfix/release gnome-applets 2.21.4-0ubuntu1, confirmed on fresh installation 8.04 Alpha 3 i386

Same problem here with gnome-applets 2.21.4-0ubuntu3, ubuntu 8.04 alpha 4.