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I am reviewing the dpkg status file to see if there is an error that might be keeping me from upgrading. My first time of really looking at a log file, generates the following questions:

install ok installed seems to say this install went ok.

what is returned when the install is broken?

I have searched the ~45000 lines for error, broken, fail, without any success.

Thanks for any answers or suggestions.

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As I know if any install broken then dpkg will give you error code 1 and error code 2.

I know little bit about them . if configuring failed for that package then dpkg status error 1 will produce .

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Thank you. However I need to locate the source of the error. Did you have a suggestion as to how to filter this list and locate the offending package? – mg92865 Nov 27 '12 at 18:07
hey yes automatically after error status it will show you what are the packages causing this problem . I'm in mobile now so I'm unable to provide the link but you can Google like dpkg error status 1 ubuntu . – Jai Nov 28 '12 at 2:13
Thanks, I will search and report back any further questions – mg92865 Dec 1 '12 at 17:05
Please close this question. Reinstalled instead of continuing to track down the problem. Thanks – mg92865 Dec 8 '12 at 14:31

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