Error while updating BackTrack 5 R3

[commanderx]

I am using BackTrack 5 R3 Virtual Machine in VirtualBox.
Recently, when I was updating BackTrack (by using the command "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade"), I had to forcibly power off the VM. The updates were being installed at that time.
Now, when I try to update, I am getting the following error.

root@bt:~# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg           
Hit http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg            
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg
Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
Ign http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release
Hit http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release 
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages
Hit http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages
Hit http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages
Hit http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages
Hit http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages
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 w3af (1.2-bt2) ...
tar: pybloomfiltermmap-0.2.0.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
/var/lib/dpkg/info/w3af.postinst: line 4: cd: pybloomfiltermmap-0.2.0: No such file or directory
python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
svn: Working copy 'w3af' locked
svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for details)
dpkg: error processing w3af (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 w3af
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Somebody please help..
I dont want to loose the latest updates..
Thank You..

[davidbmnn]

Maybe you can try

apt-get clean

Gruß.

[commanderx]

Maybe you can try

apt-get clean

Gruß.

Its not working....
I tried to update again and gave the above code, but no use..

[commanderx]

Maybe you can try

apt-get clean

Gruß.

How to use this code...
I tried to update again, and after the error msg i tried the above command in the same terminal window. the command was executed but it didnt show any msgs. i tried to update again after that. but the result was the same. no change..

[maverik35]

Try :

aptitude remove w3af do not use purge yet, it seems you have a broken pakage..

then
1. aptitude clean (cleans all .deb "package stock" in /var/cache/apt/archives)
2. aptitude update
3. aptitude full-upgrade

Luck.

[Parad0x001]

Try :

aptitude remove w3af do not use purge yet, it seems you have a broken pakage..

then
1. aptitude clean (cleans all .deb "package stock" in /var/cache/apt/archives)
2. aptitude update
3. aptitude full-upgrade

Luck.

Still the same:

root@bt:~# aptitude clean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
root@bt:~# aptitude update
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg
Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg
Ign http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release.gpg
Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release
Ign http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release
Ign http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/testing Translation-en_US
Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution Release
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages
Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/main Packages
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages
Hit http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages
Hit http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages
Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/microverse Packages
Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/non-free Packages
Hit http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution/testing Packages
Reading package lists... Done

root@bt:~# aptitude full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bogl-bterm{u} cryptsetup{u} dmraid{u} ecryptfs-utils{u} libdebconfclient0{u}
libdebian-installer4{u} libdmraid1.0.0.rc16{u} libecryptfs0{u} linux-source-3.2.6{u}
python-pyicu{u} rdate{u} reiserfsprogs{u}
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
subterfuge
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 12 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 84.0MB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
(Reading database ... 255834 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bogl-bterm ...
Removing cryptsetup ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing dmraid ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing ecryptfs-utils ...
Removing libdebconfclient0 ...
Removing libdebian-installer4 ...
Removing libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 ...
Removing libecryptfs0 ...
Removing linux-source-3.2.6 ...
Removing python-pyicu ...
Removing rdate ...
Removing reiserfsprogs ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up subterfuge (4.3-bt0) ...
tar: SubterfugePublicBeta4.3.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
/var/lib/dpkg/info/subterfuge.postinst: line 6: cd: subterfuge/: No such file or directory
python: can't open file 'installer_old.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `SubterfugePublicBeta4.3.tar.gz': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing subterfuge (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
subterfuge
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up subterfuge (4.3-bt0) ...
tar: SubterfugePublicBeta4.3.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
/var/lib/dpkg/info/subterfuge.postinst: line 6: cd: subterfuge/: No such file or directory
python: can't open file 'installer_old.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `SubterfugePublicBeta4.3.tar.gz': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing subterfuge (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
subterfuge
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

root@bt:~#

[zimmaro]

Still the same:

Hi
I think you have '' OPEN'' a ubuntu repository in addition to those backtrack

[maverik35]

You are certainly correct, zimmaro.

I didn't read the post closley..My mistake.

You need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list and just leave the BT5r3 repos. Unless you had install something from the ubuntu repos, just comment the ubuntu repos lines. Try again.

Luck.