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UPDATE not Working

Asked by Dr. Duane Elihu Xavier

Every time I UPDATE it FAILS with this Error Message:

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Unpacking python-central (from .../python-central_0.6.17_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libept1.
Unpacking libept1 (from .../libept1_1.0.5build1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package synaptic.
Unpacking synaptic (from .../synaptic_0.75.2ubuntu8_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package aptoncd.
Unpacking aptoncd (from .../aptoncd_0.1.98+bzr117-1.1build2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Setting up gnome-colors-common (5.5.1-1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/icons/gnome-colors-common/scalable/places/gnome-colors.svg to provide /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/start-here.svg (start-here.svg) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: error: unable to make /usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/places/start-here.png.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/start-here-16.png: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing gnome-colors-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-brave-icon-theme:
 gnome-brave-icon-theme depends on gnome-colors-common; however:
  Package gnome-colors-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-brave-icon-theme (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-dust-icon-theme:
 gnome-dust-icon-theme depends on gnome-colors-common; however:
  Package gnome-colors-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-dust-icon-theme (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-human-icon-theme:
 gnome-human-icon-theme depends on gnome-colors-common; however:
  Package gnome-colors-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-human-icon-theme (--configure):
 dependency problems - leavNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
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No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-illustrious-icon-theme:
 gnome-illustrious-icon-theme depends on gnome-colors-common; however:
  Package gnome-colors-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-illustrious-icon-theme (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

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Dr. Duane Elihu Xavier (duane4linux) said : 		#1

I do NOT know how ro solve this! It happems over and over!

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Nathan Heafner (nathan1465-5) said : 		#2

Hello Dr. Duane Elihu Xavier,
can you please run the following commands in terminal
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure
under step five.

if that does not work please provide
lsb_release -a && uname -a

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

Please open a terminal: ctrl+alt+t
Enter (each is a separate cmd, press [Enter]-key afterwards):
lsb_release -r
uname -r
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -f install

In case also apply:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-colors-common

Please post complete terminal output here. Thanks.

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rduplain (ron.duplain) said : 		#4

I ran into this as well, in a minimal install of Ubuntu. The hint is in your log output:

update-alternatives: error: unable to make /usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/places/start-here.png.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/start-here-16.png: No such file or directory

I worked around it by installing a package which would provide start-here icons:

     sudo apt-get install gnome-icon-theme-full

This appears to be a bug in gnome-colors-common as it would like to update-alternatives on an icon set without depending on a package which provides those icons, but I don't know what the fix would be.

-Ron

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