Help: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[ElAnarchisto]

Help !

I get this error every time, what should i do to fix it...

 
root@bt:~# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up pgf (2.00-1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing pgf (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of latex-beamer:
 latex-beamer depends on pgf (>= 1.00-1); however:
  Package pgf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing latex-beamer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-full:
 texlive-full depends on pgf (>= 1.01.dfsg.1-1); however:
  Package pgf is not configured yet.
 texlive-full depends on latex-beamer (>= 3.06.dfsg.1-0.1); however:
  Package latex-beamer is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-full (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No 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.
                                                    Errors were encountered while processing:
 pgf
 latex-beamer
 texlive-full
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@bt:~#

How i get rid of this, please ? I get this error every time...

Thank you in advance !

LE: I see there are some topics with the same name but my problem is different.

[espreto]

Try...

# dpkg --configure --pending

and/or.

# apt-get clean

and then.

# apt-get update

Regards,

[ElAnarchisto]

The error still the same:

root@bt:~# sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-full:
texlive-full depends on pgf (>= 1.01.dfsg.1-1); however:
Package pgf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-full (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of latex-beamer:
latex-beamer depends on pgf (>= 1.00-1); however:
Package pgf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing latex-beamer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
texlive-full
latex-beamer
root@bt:~# update #alias apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
Get:1 Google Pack stable Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 Google Pack stable Release [2544B]
Get:3 Google Pack stable/main Packages [1092B]
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny Release
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze Release
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce Release
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid Release
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/main Packages
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny/main Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/microverse Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/macroverse Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/restricted Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/universe Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/multiverse Packages
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze/main Packages
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy Release.gpg
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid/main Packages
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy Release
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid/main Packages
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Sources
Fetched 3825B in 5s (695B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Setting up pgf (2.00-1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing pgf (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of latex-beamer:
latex-beamer depends on pgf (>= 1.00-1); however:
Package pgf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing latex-beamer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-full:
texlive-full depends on pgf (>= 1.01.dfsg.1-1); however:
Package pgf is not configured yet.
texlive-full depends on latex-beamer (>= 3.06.dfsg.1-0.1); however:
Package latex-beamer is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-full (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No 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.
Errors were encountered while processing:
pgf
latex-beamer
texlive-full
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[ElAnarchisto]

Second part of fixing commands:

root@bt:~# dpkg --configure --pending
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-full:
texlive-full depends on pgf (>= 1.01.dfsg.1-1); however:
Package pgf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-full (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of latex-beamer:
latex-beamer depends on pgf (>= 1.00-1); however:
Package pgf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing latex-beamer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
texlive-full
latex-beamer
root@bt:~# apt-get clean
root@bt:~# apt-get update
Get:1 Google Pack stable Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 Google Pack stable Release [2544B]
Get:3 Google Pack stable/main Packages [1092B]
Hit Index of / intrepid Release.gpg
Hit Index of / intrepid Release.gpg
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze Release.gpg
Hit Index of / intrepid Release
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny Release
Hit Index of / intrepid Release
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy Release
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze Release
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Packages
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Sources
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid Release
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Packages
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Sources
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny/main Packages
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy/main Packages
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze/main Packages
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid/main Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce Release.gpg
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce Release
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/main Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/microverse Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/macroverse Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/restricted Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/universe Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/multiverse Packages
Fetched 3825B in 8s (466B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

[ElAnarchisto]

The last & final part which shows that the error has not been fixed: (see the end)

root@bt:~# apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up pgf (2.00-1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing pgf (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of latex-beamer:
latex-beamer depends on pgf (>= 1.00-1); however:
Package pgf is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing latex-beamer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-full:
texlive-full depends on pgf (>= 1.01.dfsg.1-1); however:
Package pgf is not configured yet.
texlive-full depends on latex-beamer (>= 3.06.dfsg.1-0.1); however:
Package latex-beamer is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-full (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No 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.
Errors were encountered while processing:
pgf
latex-beamer
texlive-full
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@bt:~#

[espreto]

Try again.

dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq pgf latex-beamer texlive-full

And/or.

apt-get -s remove --purge pgf latex-beamer texlive-full

Let's trying!
And another, search on google too!

Regards,

[ElAnarchisto]

root@bt:~# dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq pgf latex-beamer texlive-full
(Reading database ... 341453 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing pgf ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing pgf (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Removing latex-beamer ...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
Removing texlive-full ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 removed, 1 added doc-base file(s)...
Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/pgf', line 1: the first line does not contain valid `Document' field
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Errors were encountered while processing:
pgf
root@bt:~# apt-get -s remove --purge pgf latex-beamer texlive-full
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package latex-beamer is not installed, so not removed
Package texlive-full is not installed, so not removed
The following packages will be REMOVED:
pgf*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Purg pgf [2.00-1]
root@bt:~# apt-get update
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy Release.gpg
Hit Index of / intrepid Release.gpg
Hit Index of / intrepid Release.gpg
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy Release
Hit Index of / intrepid Release
Hit Index of / intrepid Release
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy/main Packages
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Packages
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Sources
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Packages
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Sources
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce Release.gpg
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce Release
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/main Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/microverse Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/macroverse Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/restricted Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/universe Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/multiverse Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny Release
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze Release
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid Release
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny/main Packages
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze/main Packages
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid/main Packages
Get:1 Google Pack stable Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 Google Pack stable Release [2544B]
Get:3 Google Pack stable/main Packages [1092B]
Fetched 3825B in 8s (438B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@bt:~# update # means update and upgrade and dist upgrade
Get:1 Google Pack stable Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 Google Pack stable Release [2544B]
Get:3 Google Pack stable/main Packages [1092B]
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy Release.gpg
Hit Index of / intrepid Release.gpg
Hit Index of / intrepid Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze Release.gpg
Hit Index of / intrepid Release
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid Release.gpg
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny Release
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy Release
Hit Index of / intrepid Release
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze Release
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Packages
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Sources
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid Release
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Packages
Hit badgerports Ubuntu Repository - index hardy/main Packages
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny/main Packages
Hit Index of / intrepid/main Sources
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze/main Packages
Ign Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian lenny/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian squeeze/main Packages
Hit Lamaresh Wine Repository for Debian sid/main Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce Release.gpg
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce Release
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/main Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/microverse Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/macroverse Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/restricted Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/universe Packages
Hit SUN Backtrack Linux Repository pwnsauce/multiverse Packages
Fetched 3825B in 9s (403B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Setting up pgf (2.00-1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing pgf (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
pgf
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@bt:~#

Any ideas please ? I need your help , guys !

Thank you very much !

[Archangel-Amael]

We do not support users who choose to add repos outside of ours to their copy of BT. I mean for crying out loud you got like every repo on the planet in there. No wonder your junk don't work. Now don't go trying to make a new post, thinking you gonna out smart me on it. I have already told you to read the links below. Especially the one in regards to being new. We are not here to teach you how to use linux. My suggestion leave BT alone and find something a little easier.