[PLUG] Error exit status 127 (package manager)

drew wymore drew.wymore at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 05:47:49 UTC 2007


try installing OOo dictionaries-common and then see if you can remove the
hyphenation package. I've found several bug reports relating to the exact
same issue on debian based distros.

On 4/25/07, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I've spent the past two hours trying to fix a broken installation of
> OpenOffice.org. I could use some suggestions.
>
> The problem:
> OpenOffice.org was badly broken in Edgy. I upgraded to Feisty, which
> also upgraded OOo. However the new version was still slightly broken. I
> decided to uninstall and reinstall. The removal in Synaptic was no
> problem. I cleaned up the residuals and made sure it was a complete and
> thorough removal. Then I reinstalled. About half way through the
> reinstall the computer locked up. (Ubuntu forums have a number of
> complaints about Synaptic locking up the computer on Feisty.)
>
> After I rebooted I opened Synaptic. Whole bunches of messed up stuff. I
> thought I had it all cleaned up and I tried to restart the
> installation. This time it completed, but gave me a list or errors --
> all missing dependencies pointing a openoffice.org-hyphenation. I have
> managed to remove all the other packages, but I cannot get rid of the
> hypenation package. Everything gives me the error:
>
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>
> I have tried dpkg --remove, apt-get --purge, but neither got the job
> done. Someone on a web site said he solved that problem by editing the
> reference to the offending package in a "status" file from
> "half-installed" to "not-installed." That did make Synaptic stop seeing
> it as a residual package, but the minute I try to install OOo again I
> get the same error message again.
>
> I need a serious industrial strength package fixer. Any suggestions?
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