How to Solve ???Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)??? In Ubuntu | Linux Today

How to Solve ???Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)??? In Ubuntu

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Nov 23, 2020

It’s not uncommon to run into an issue of broken packages in Ubuntu and other Debian-based distributions. Sometimes, when you upgrade the system or install a software package, you may encounter the ???Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code??? error.

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