On Tuesday 19 June 2012 22:19:26 Timothy Pearson wrote: > > Hi > > > > I downloaded ubuntu 11.10 and installed it onto a spare partition. > > I then followed the installation outlined on the TDE website > > > > sudo apt-get update > > sudo apt-get install kubuntu-default-settings-trinity > > kubuntu-desktop-trinity > > > > after an hour of downloading kde 3.5.13 apt-get install was doing what it > > should have been doing BUT then I got the following error message: > > > > ~~~~~~~~~ start ~~~~~~~~ > > > > Extracting templates from packages: 100% > > Preconfiguring packages ... > > dpkg: sudo: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: > > ubuntu-minimal depends on sudo. > > gksu depends on sudo. > > (Reading database ... 135124 files and directories currently installed.) > > Removing sudo ... > > You have asked that the sudo package be removed, > > but no root password has been set. > > Without sudo, you may not be able to gain administrative privileges. > > > > If you would prefer to access the root account with su(1) > > or by logging in directly, > > you must set a root password with "sudo passwd". > > > > If you have arranged other means to access the root account, > > and you are sure this is what you want, > > you may bypass this check by setting an environment variable > > (export SUDO_FORCE_REMOVE=yes). > > > > Refusing to remove sudo. > > dpkg: error processing sudo (--remove): > > subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > > No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already > > Errors were > > encountered while processing: > > sudo > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~ end ~~~~~~~~ > > This is a known issue which has been resolved for R14.0, but is still > present in 3.5.13. See > http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=725 for the bug report. > > A workaround is here: http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=240#c3 > > Tim > Hi Tim I'll try that out. Thanks Lou