Failing to install doc-base

Question

When trying to

sudo apt-get install libbz2-dev

I get an error related to doc-base

Setting up doc-base (0.10.6) ...
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
dpkg: error processing package doc-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while processing:
 doc-base

What is wrong?

That had no effect. I needed to remove files as mentioned in the answer below. — Nordlöw, May 05 '15 at 09:08

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 23 '15 at 13:26

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This should work:

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/doc-base.*
sudo apt-get install --reinstall doc-base

edited Aug 23 '15 at 13:26

Fabby

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answered May 05 '15 at 08:35

A.B.

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This worked for me when I removed the --reinstall flag and simply installed. sudo apt-get install doc-base – Selah Jun 10 '15 at 14:40
@Selah --reinstall should not be a problem … – A.B. Jun 10 '15 at 14:42
It was for me! But perhaps my issue was slightly different than the one here. Here is the error I got: E: Internal Error, No file name for doc-base:amd64 – Selah Jun 10 '15 at 14:43
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@Selah Anyway you have my upvote here – A.B. Jun 10 '15 at 14:44

Failing to install doc-base

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