package slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bugreport as attachments to your bug report? Thanks in advance.

hello,

I experienced this error today while upgrading from feisty. I have attached the requested files.

Workaround: error fixed by uninstalling slocate and re-installing updated package

logs attached

Renamed bug description to match apport's auto-generated description.

same error here. oh and also upgrading to Hardy on Kubuntu adept fails with a command not found error after downloading the updater after pushing the button in adept.

after a fresh install of kubuntu gutsy (64 bits) and updating it as
"gutsy" i upgraded like you (i think)
adept_manager --dist-upgrade-devel
Most of the time the upgrading is not fully done...
so I go in console and finished it with aptitude full-upgrade
and /or dpkg --configure -a as few debs are broken...
When it's done after there is rarely problems...
and always the same solution : wait till they update the broken links !!!
and with aptitude...

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Kyle Elbert a écrit :
> same error here. oh and also upgrading to Hardy on Kubuntu adept fails
> with a command not found error after downloading the updater after
> pushing the button in adept.
>
>

I got the same problem here.

Same issue, added all logs from /var/log/dist-upgrade to see if they could lend a hand.

Workaround is easy:

sudo dpkg --ignore-depends slocate --remove slocate && sudo aptitude install slocate

Putting this comment here so when folks search for this bug they'll see how to fix it.

Shawn's workaround worked like a charm.

Thanks for the help, hope I can return the favor.

Thanks, Shawn. Problem appears to be solved.

Thank-you.

Thank-ou

Thank-you.

I had a similar issue upgrading my system in Hardy.

Preparing to replace slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 (using .../slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
===============================================
===Error. The following diversions still exist:
diversion of /usr/bin/locate to /usr/bin/locate.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/bin/updatedb to /usr/bin/updatedb.notslocate by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/locate.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/updatedb.notslocate.1.gz by slocate
===============================================
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/slocate_3.1-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

How to "re-dist-upgrade" if an initial upgrade has failed because of this bug?

GRUB still shows 7.10 when booting. How can I confirm if the PC is now on Hardy and convince GRUB of it.

Thanks in advance.

The gutsy->hardy issue is fixed with the 3.1-1.1ubuntu2

[Hardy 8.04 alpha-1] I am confirming that the bug is fixed. When I ran
system update after receiving the following message, the issue is
resolved and slocate installed without the crash and error message it
used to cause. Thanks.

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 18:54 +0000, Michael Vogt wrote:
> The gutsy->hardy issue is fixed with the 3.1-1.1ubuntu2
>
> ** Changed in: slocate (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo)
>

Marking fixed then. Please reopen if the problem re-presents itself.

Thank you,
workaraund did work for me.

I've been running Gutsy successfully for months. Decided to try Xubuntu today and ran:
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

The install failed, generating the slocate error on this page. I tried the workaround:
sudo dpkg --ignore-depends slocate --remove slocate && sudo aptitude install slocate

but that also failed. In any case, how does it make sense to --remove slocate when slocate won't install?

I've tried the usual sudo apt-get install -f, but can't get past this slocate problem.

Any new suggestions? Thanks.

I made a fresh install of Hardy: the problem seems to be definitively fixed

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 8:59 PM, songstruck <email address hidden> wrote:

> I've been running Gutsy successfully for months. Decided to try Xubuntu
> today and ran:
> sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
>
> The install failed, generating the slocate error on this page. I tried the
> workaround:
> sudo dpkg --ignore-depends slocate --remove slocate && sudo aptitude
> install slocate
>
> but that also failed. In any case, how does it make sense to --remove
> slocate when slocate won't install?
>
> I've tried the usual sudo apt-get install -f, but can't get past this
> slocate problem.
>
> Any new suggestions? Thanks.
>
> --
> package slocate 3.1-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157661
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> of the bug.
>

OK, problem is fixed in Hardy. That's not a solution for me as I'm still running Gutsy and can't afford additional upgrade issues right now.

For others like me, I was able to resolve this issue. The original error messages mention a problem overwriting /etc/cron.daily/find. I moved the file out of /etc/cron.daily and was able to move forward and install slocate. I'm not sure what impact this will have, but it's better than being stuck with an unfixable "broken index" issue.

I was still left with issues, but most of these were resolved by shutting down services that were mentioned in the error messages before running sudo apt-get install -f.

My apologies if this is the wrong forum for this kind of info. It seems that slocate error searches on Google will most likely direct you here. Thanks.