Comments on: Ubuntu Tip : Reinstall Ubuntu automatically

By: mohammed

mohammed — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:06:38 +0000

i tried it says
mohammed@mohammed:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a
* Disabling power management… [ OK ]
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/acpi-support missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see
* Checking battery state… [ OK ]
acpid stop/waiting
acpid start/running, process 3112
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.

X( wat dose it mean i taught it would force reinstall ubuntu

By: David

David — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:50:33 +0000

Actually, this will not work:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a

dpkg is for package configuration, installation but not for downloading. The above line will just reconfigure all the packages with lot of default options and WITHOUT any question. In same cases it will just screw up your system. And sometimes will work properly.

(Just append a “--reinstall” to the line of apt-get. And read the manuals!
man dpkg
man apt-get)

By: ATOzTOA

ATOzTOA — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:12:13 +0000

I got same issue as Vidyut… fixed by installing “mozilla-plugin-gnash”

But after sometime it says…

“dpkg-trigger: dpkg-trigger must be called from a maintainer script (or with a --by-package option)”

_ATOzTOA

By: DaVince

DaVince — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:12:16 +0000

It doesn’t work for me.

This is not dpkg install-info anymore, but GNU install-info
See the man page for ginstall-info for command line arguments
install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.

By: Mark Preston

Mark Preston — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:55:05 +0000

I’m soooo confused. I cut and pasted the command in a terminal. Terminal returned:

mark@Lexington-19-karmic:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a
[sudo] password for mark:
This is not dpkg install-info anymore, but GNU install-info
See the man page for ginstall-info for command line arguments
install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.

Got a clue as to what I should do?

Also, opening Ubuntu Geek’s page for this dpkg stuff returns a small window with a Java error. In the box it says:

Ajax error on tpbc tracking

netsearching “Ajac error on tpbc tracking” returns NO (I repeat NO) hits in Google. WTF?

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:05:52 +0000

I tried: sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a

I got:
This is not dpkg install-info anymore, but GNU install-info
See the man page for ginstall-info for command line arguments
install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.

By: Vidyut

Vidyut — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:26:48 +0000

I tried doing this, and got:
[quote] * Disabling power management… [ OK ]
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/acpi-support missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see
* Checking battery state… [ OK ]
acpid stop/waiting
acpid start/running, process 2806
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
[/quote]

What does that mean? Am I doing something wrong? I’m a newbie, and have managed to wreck my networking and no amount of anything seems to be helping…