Linux Debian - Corrupt Installation - Solution

[bayview]

If you use linux and for some reason you interrupt either purposefully or accidentally an installation of libraries (as I did when the power went out) there is a solution.

Here is the example:

Errors were encountered while processing:
g++-5
g++
build-essential
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The way to resolve this is pretty simple all you do is run this command.

sudo dpkg --remove g++-5 g++ build-essential

If for any reason you can not remove the installation of the libraries then you can run this command.

sudo dpkg --reinstall g++-5 g++ build-essential

If no reinstall was necessary you can just run this command.

sudo apt install g++-5 g++ build-essential

And finally always run this command after installation to make sure the system is working as expected.

sudo apt-get update

 

[messenoire]

Of course, best practice is to have backups of your machine so you can simply roll back if something happens - for example "the power went out and now half of my packages are broken" : )) You managed to fix these, but who knows what else is kaputt.