Same problem here dear Dustin! I also cant remove it even by --force-all in Kubuntu 9.10 amd64:
$ sudo apt-get install byobu Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: xulrunner-1.9 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. Suggested packages: vim The following packages will be upgraded: byobu 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/54.2kB of archives. After this operation, 135kB disk space will be freed. Selecting previously deselected package byobu. (Reading database ... 192267 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace byobu 2.33-0ubuntu1 (using .../byobu_2.38-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... dpkg: warning: old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/byobu_2.38-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/byobu_2.38-0ubuntu1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- package byobu 2.33-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441788 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs