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0003476Kali LinuxTool Upgrade Requestpublic2025-07-14 09:17
ReporterFir3on Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionduplicate 
Product Version2016.1 
Summary0003476: apt-get update : ok - apt-get upgrade : ok - apt-get dist-upgrade : E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Description

Kali rolling 2016.1 on to a USB drive,again and again error when running apt-get dist-upgrade,And when you reboot it can`t open GUI kali anymore crashed

root@kali:~# apt-get upgrade -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
caribou-antler creepy dff gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 gir1.2-xkl-1.0 gnome-icon-theme-symbolic gtk2-engines gucharmap
inguma libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libavfilter-ffmpeg5 libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54
libbasicusageenvironment0 libboost-python1.61.0 libgif4 libgrilo-0.2-1 libgroupsock1 libgtkglext1 libgucharmap-2-90-7 libical1a
libilmbase6v5 libjasper1 liblivemedia23 libopenexr6v5 libopenjpeg5 libpff1 libpgm-5.1-0 libphonon4 libpng12-0 libpostproc-ffmpeg53
libpython3.4-minimal libpython3.4-stdlib libsodium13 libswresample-ffmpeg1 libswscale-ffmpeg3 libtre5 libtrio2 libusageenvironment1
libwebp5 libx265-68 libzmq3 phonon phonon-backend-vlc python-apsw python-bluez python-dominate python-flickrapi python-googleapi
python-instagram python-jwt python-lzma python-lzo python-magic python-oauth2client python-oauthlib python-opengl python-pyexiv2
python-pyexiv2-doc python-pyqtgraph python-qt4-gl python-qt4-phonon python-requests-oauthlib python-requests-toolbelt python-rsa
python-tweepy python-uritemplate python-yapsy python3.4 python3.4-minimal ratproxy system-config-printer
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be upgraded:
gedit
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
165 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 443 kB of archives.
After this operation, 105 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive-4.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main i386 gedit i386 3.20.2-2 [443 kB]
Fetched 443 kB in 6s (67.1 kB/s)
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 318196 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gedit_3.20.2-2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking gedit (3.20.2-2) over (3.18.2-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/gedit_3.20.2-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
unable to move aside './usr/share/bug/gedit' to install new version: Invalid cross-device link
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/gedit_3.20.2-2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Attached Files
gedit ERROR (2,474 bytes)   
root@kali:~# apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  caribou-antler creepy dff gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 gir1.2-xkl-1.0 gnome-icon-theme-symbolic gtk2-engines gucharmap
  inguma libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libavfilter-ffmpeg5 libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54
  libbasicusageenvironment0 libboost-python1.61.0 libgif4 libgrilo-0.2-1 libgroupsock1 libgtkglext1 libgucharmap-2-90-7 libical1a
  libilmbase6v5 libjasper1 liblivemedia23 libopenexr6v5 libopenjpeg5 libpff1 libpgm-5.1-0 libphonon4 libpng12-0 libpostproc-ffmpeg53
  libpython3.4-minimal libpython3.4-stdlib libsodium13 libswresample-ffmpeg1 libswscale-ffmpeg3 libtre5 libtrio2 libusageenvironment1
  libwebp5 libx265-68 libzmq3 phonon phonon-backend-vlc python-apsw python-bluez python-dominate python-flickrapi python-googleapi
  python-instagram python-jwt python-lzma python-lzo python-magic python-oauth2client python-oauthlib python-opengl python-pyexiv2
  python-pyexiv2-doc python-pyqtgraph python-qt4-gl python-qt4-phonon python-requests-oauthlib python-requests-toolbelt python-rsa
  python-tweepy python-uritemplate python-yapsy python3.4 python3.4-minimal ratproxy system-config-printer
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gedit
Suggested packages:
  gedit-plugins
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gedit
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/443 kB of archives.
After this operation, 105 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 318196 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gedit_3.20.2-2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking gedit (3.20.2-2) over (3.18.2-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/gedit_3.20.2-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 unable to move aside './usr/share/bug/gedit' to install new version: Invalid cross-device link
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-8) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/gedit_3.20.2-2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
gedit ERROR (2,474 bytes)   

Activities

Fir3on

Fir3on

2016-08-17 17:49

reporter   ~0005641

I do fix it by :

1 : rm -f -r /usr/share/bug/gedit
2 : apt update --fix-missing
3 : apt upgrade -f

rhertzog

rhertzog

2016-09-02 10:39

administrator   ~0005734

See 0003473

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-08-17 16:26 Fir3on New Issue
2016-08-17 16:26 Fir3on File Added: gedit ERROR
2016-08-17 17:49 Fir3on Note Added: 0005641
2016-09-02 10:39 rhertzog Note Added: 0005734
2016-09-02 10:39 rhertzog Status new => closed
2016-09-02 10:39 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2016-09-02 10:39 rhertzog Resolution open => duplicate
2021-05-31 13:37 rhertzog Category Tool Upgrade => Tool Upgrade Request
2025-07-14 09:17 g0tmi1k Priority urgent => normal