topic title: halevt Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
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I am posting this because I did a dist-upgrade in AntiX 8.5 today and this was the second time I received the above error. I got this same error in AntiX 11 Beta testing when I did a dist-upgrade a few days ago on my other box.

I thought since I was running Sid in AntiX 11 that maybe that was why I got that error along with running latest Liqourix Kernel. This does not seem to be the cause of the Problem. Anti was patient enough to coach me through the problem so I thought I should post here on the walk through in case this happens to anybody else.
Anti said
Do another apt-get purge halevt, apt-get clean and remove the files that refer to halevt in /var/lib/dpkg/info

Then apt-get update
apt-get install halevt

If you get the same error remove the files that refer to halevt in /var/lib/dpkg/info and then do apt-get -f install
I followed this suggestion today and rectified the error. My readout below after following Antis suggestion in Antix 8.5 dist-upgrade to wheezy today.

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root@biker:/home/harry# apt-get -f install halevt
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  halevt
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 71.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 336 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main halevt i386 0.1.6.2-1.4 [71.2 kB]
Fetched 71.2 kB in 0s (90.5 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package halevt.
(Reading database ... 93028 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking halevt (from .../halevt_0.1.6.2-1.4_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Setting up halevt (0.1.6.2-1.4) ...
adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/halevt/' does not belong to the user you are currently creating.
Adding user halevt to group plugdev
dpkg: error processing halevt (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
configured to not write apport reports
                                      Errors were encountered while processing:
 halevt
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@biker:/home/harry# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up halevt (0.1.6.2-1.4) ...
root@biker:/home/harry# apt-cache policy halevt
halevt:
  Installed: 0.1.6.2-1.4
  Candidate: 0.1.6.2-1.4
  Version table:
 *** 0.1.6.2-1.4 0
        901 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
root@biker:/home/harry# which halevt
/usr/bin/halevt
root@biker:/home/harry#
I had already purged halevt before above readout. I had to remove the files that refer to halevt in /var/lib/dpkg/info before doing apt-get -f install again. Just posting this for info for later quires so maybe it will be picked up on on the net when searched for. Maybe it will save Anti some stress and headaches. __{{emoticon}}__

OOPs forgot to include
Rox-filer needs halevt to auto-detect plugin devices.