Comment 24 for bug 157661

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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