Installing software and package operation fails

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Hello everyone,

I am having difficulty downloading software from Ubuntu website.  I keep on getting an error message which is as follows;

And I tried to install the following game, is there a way to correct this?

Here is the information about the installation:

installArchives() failed: Selecting previously deselected package libbulletml0d2.

(Reading database … 100%

(Reading database … 239257 files and directories currently installed.)

Unpacking libbulletml0d2 (from …/libbulletml0d2_0.0.6-4_i386.deb) …

Selecting previously deselected package tumiki-fighters-data.

Unpacking tumiki-fighters-data (from …/tumiki-fighters-data_0.2.dfsg1-4_all.deb) …

Selecting previously deselected package tumiki-fighters.

Unpacking tumiki-fighters (from …/tumiki-fighters_0.2.dfsg1-4_i386.deb) …

Processing triggers for bamfdaemon …

Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index…

Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils …

Processing triggers for python-gmenu …

Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.UTF8.cache…

Processing triggers for menu …

Processing triggers for man-db …

Processing triggers for python-support …

Setting up plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu (0.5.0-2) …

update-alternatives: error: alternative path /lib/plymouth/themes/MIB-Ubuntu/MIB-Ubuntu.plymouth doesn't exist.

dpkg: error processing plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu (–configure):

subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Setting up libbulletml0d2 (0.0.6-4) …

Setting up tumiki-fighters-data (0.2.dfsg1-4) …

Setting up tumiki-fighters (0.2.dfsg1-4) …

Processing triggers for libc-bin …

ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

Processing triggers for menu …

Errors were encountered while processing:

plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu

Setting up plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu (0.5.0-2) …

update-alternatives: error: alternative path /lib/plymouth/themes/MIB-Ubuntu/MIB-Ubuntu.plymouth doesn't exist.

dpkg: error processing plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu (–configure):

subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Error:
Package operation failed The installation or removel software package failed.

Hoping for some help. Thank you

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Answered By 5 points N/A #138021

Installing software and package operation fails

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Hello there . Please choose any of the options given below in order to fix the problem.

 

A.       Open shell terminal and type this command

          sudo apt-get –purge remove plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu

 

B.   i. Open shell terminal and insert this command

          sudo dpkg –remove –force –force-remove-reinstreq plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu

 

      ii. Afterwards, please try reinstalling it by means of typing

          sudo apt-get install –reinstall plymouth-theme- mib-ubuntu

 

     iii. Please take some time to ensure that all packages are correctly working. Insert this command

          sudo apt-get update

          sudo apt-get autoclean

          sudo apt-get clean

          sudo apt-get autoremove

 

C.   Open shell terminal and type

          sudo apt-get –f install

         This command will resolve the package failure issued.

 

I hope this little information will work for you. Thank you

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