Error Message in Install or Removing SW in Teak or Ubuntu SW Center
Getting Error messages when install and removing SW in Tweak and
Ubuntu Software Center
First try using Ubuntu Tweak
Package operation failed
The installation or removal of a sow package failrd
nstallArchives() failed: (Reading database ...
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(Reading database ... 212678 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing thunderbird-
Removing thunderbird-
Removing thunderbird-
Removing thunderbird-
Removing thunderbird ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Setting up amavisd-new-postfix (1:2.6.
Selected policy name, policy-spf, already in master.cf. Master.cf not updated.
Selected service name, smtp-amavis, or smtpd port, 10025, already in master.cf. Master.cf not updated.
* Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix
[ OK ]
* Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix
[ OK ]
Stopping amavisd: (not running).
Starting amavisd: head: cannot open `/etc/mailname' for reading: No such file or directory
The value of variable $myhostname is "GX520", but should have been
a fully qualified domain name; perhaps uname(3) did not provide such.
You must explicitly assign a FQDN of this host to variable $myhostname
in /etc/amavis/
network name!
(failed).
invoke-rc.d: initscript amavis, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing amavisd-new-postfix (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
amavisd-
Error in function:
Setting up amavisd-new-postfix (1:2.6.
Selected policy name, policy-spf, already in master.cf. Master.cf not updated.
Selected service name, smtp-amavis, or smtpd port, 10025, already in master.cf. Master.cf not updated.
* Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix
[ OK ]
* Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix
[ OK ]
Stopping amavisd: (not running).
Starting amavisd: head: cannot open `/etc/mailname' for reading: No such file or directory
The value of variable $myhostname is "GX520", but should have been
a fully qualified domain name; perhaps uname(3) did not provide such.
You must explicitly assign a FQDN of this host to variable $myhostname
in /etc/amavis/
network name!
(failed).
invoke-rc.d: initscript amavis, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing amavisd-new-postfix (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Second try using Ubuntu Software Center
nstallArchives() failed: Selecting previously unselected package thunderbird.
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
(Reading database ... 20%
(Reading database ... 25%
(Reading database ... 30%
(Reading database ... 35%
(Reading database ... 40%
(Reading database ... 45%
(Reading database ... 50%
(Reading database ... 55%
(Reading database ... 60%
(Reading database ... 65%
(Reading database ... 70%
(Reading database ... 75%
(Reading database ... 80%
(Reading database ... 85%
(Reading database ... 90%
(Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 212540 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking thunderbird (from .../thunderbird
Selecting previously unselected package thunderbird-
Unpacking thunderbird-
Selecting previously unselected package thunderbird-
Unpacking thunderbird-
Selecting previously unselected package thunderbird-
Unpacking thunderbird-
Selecting previously unselected package thunderbird-
Unpacking thunderbird-
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up amavisd-new-postfix (1:2.6.
Selected policy name, policy-spf, already in master.cf. Master.cf not updated.
Selected service name, smtp-amavis, or smtpd port, 10025, already in master.cf. Master.cf not updated.
* Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix
...done.
* Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix
...done.
Stopping amavisd: (not running).
Starting amavisd: head: cannot open `/etc/mailname' for reading: No such file or directory
The value of variable $myhostname is "GX520", but should have been
a fully qualified domain name; perhaps uname(3) did not provide such.
You must explicitly assign a FQDN of this host to variable $myhostname
in /etc/amavis/
network name!
(failed).
invoke-rc.d: initscript amavis, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing amavisd-new-postfix (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Setting up thunderbird (19.0~b1+
Setting up thunderbird-
Setting up thunderbird-
Setting up thunderbird-
Setting up thunderbird-
Errors were encountered while processing:
amavisd-
Error in function:
Setting up amavisd-new-postfix (1:2.6.
Selected policy name, policy-spf, already in master.cf. Master.cf not updated.
Selected service name, smtp-amavis, or smtpd port, 10025, already in master.cf. Master.cf not updated.
* Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix
...done.
* Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix
...done.
Stopping amavisd: (not running).
Starting amavisd: head: cannot open `/etc/mailname' for reading: No such file or directory
The value of variable $myhostname is "GX520", but should have been
a fully qualified domain name; perhaps uname(3) did not provide such.
You must explicitly assign a FQDN of this host to variable $myhostname
in /etc/amavis/
network name!
(failed).
invoke-rc.d: initscript amavis, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing amavisd-new-postfix (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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