How to fix "Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)" when installing and upgrading packages?
- by soum
I am getting this error whenever tring to install or update anything:
"Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"
I need help, as I cannot install or upgrade any packages on my Ubuntu 11.10 system.
Here is the rest of the error:
unknown argument `triggered'
dpkg: error processing mtools (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for network-manager-pptp-gnome ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
postinst called with unknown argument `triggered'
dpkg: error processing network-manager-pptp-gnome (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processing triggers for network-manager-pptp ...
postinst called with unknown argument `triggered'
dpkg: error processing network-manager-pptp (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processing triggers for network-manager-gnome ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/network-manager-gnome.postinst called with unknown argument `triggered'
dpkg: error processing network-manager-gnome (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for network-manager ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
/var/lib/dpkg/info/network-manager.postinst called with unknown argument `triggered'
dpkg: error processing network-manager (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processing triggers for mscompress ...
postinst called with unknown argument `triggered'
dpkg: error processing mscompress (--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:
netbase
mtr-tiny
module-init-tools
mountmanager
mono-4.0-gac
mousetweaks
mozilla-plugin-vlc
mtools
network-manager-pptp-gnome
network-manager-pptp
network-manager-gnome
network-manager
mscompress
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)