apt-get and dpkg are great package management tools but there might be a time that you can face the following error:
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
also when you try `apt-get upgrade` or `apt-get dist-upgrade` you will be adviced that the previous application installation was not successful thus they should execute `dpkg –configure -a` and it returns the above error.
To resolve the issue run the following command
Great!
according to suggestion given in this forum, regarding
‘too many errors’
by upgrading to recent verssion of the UBUNTU
I finally was able to complete the upgrading.
Thank you very much!
However the system after upgrading:
- got lost connection to the internet
and
- got lost connection to the USB pendrive.
It is good to have two computers connected to the internet. If one crashes you may use the second for searching for help!
Greetings
Boleslaw Porankiewicz
Comment by Porankiewicz — October 20, 2008 @ 9:53 am |
[...] Just upgraded my ibook from Ubuntu Hardy to Ibex. Just upgraded my ibook from Ubuntu Hardy to Ibex. Did not go so good. Had to rerun “dpkg –configure -a” command several times. Still could not get my keyboard and mouse to work. Found this site : http://mayankjohri.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/tips-dpkg-error-dpkg-too-many-errors-stopping/”; [...]
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Thanks, I’ve been banging my head on up against a wall trying to get this solved. Thought I’d checked all options but clearly hadn’t.
Comment by Mike — November 13, 2008 @ 5:53 am |
[...] dpkg –configure -a. That said there were too many errors for it to run. Modifying the command to dpkg –configure -a –abort-after=99999 made that work. Now it was complaining [...]
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