I have been running into an issue with the package of e2fsprogs under ubuntu for weeks. It keeps me from installing updates to my system and to upgrade the system.
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 on my server. All updates are blocked because of the required installation of e2fsprogs that blocks e2fsprogs-l10n.
If I try to run the installation, if breaks with E: Sub-Process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1). By running sudo apt-get install -f I get the following output:
Preparing to unpack .../e2fsprogs_1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking e2fsprogs (1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4) over (1.44.1-1ubuntu1.3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/e2fsprogs_1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
unable to make backup link of './usr/bin/chattr' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Errors while encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/e2fsprogs_1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-Process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
As far as I am concerned I need the package as it is used by postfix, which I cannot get rid of.
Any help is appreciated.
