Public bug reported: When installing the IBM tsm backup client I had the following message on lucid (works on precise)
> sudo apt-get upgrade Setting up tsm-client (6.4.0.7-3) ... xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system menu directory found. dpkg: error processing tsm-client (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 3 Errors were encountered while processing: tsm-client E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) This seems to be a bug in xdg rather than IBM tsm-client: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33316 I found I could get round it by doing sudo mkdir /usr/share/desktop-directories/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xdg-utils 1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-55.117-generic 2.6.32.61+drm33.26 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-55-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Jan 18 19:25:16 2014 Dependencies: PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SourcePackage: xdg-utils ** Affects: xdg-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270473 Title: xdg-desktop-menu says "No writable system menu directory found" on installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1270473/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
