Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: firefox
tried installing firefox-3.6 after adding mozillateam/firefox-stable PPA
got this error in synaptic:
package firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu4~mfs~karmic1 failed to
install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
error exit status 2
running "sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6" in terminal returned this :
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox-3.6 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up firefox (3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu4~mfs~karmic1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-3.6:
firefox-3.6 depends on firefox; however:
Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-3.6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup
error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
firefox-3.6
localepurge: checking system for new locale ...
Some new locales have appeared on your system:
ace frp
They will not be touched until you reconfigure localepurge
with the following command:
dpkg-reconfigure localepurge
localepurge: processing locale files ...
localepurge: processing man pages ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Then tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure localepurge" and tried to install
again but no change:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox-3.6 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up firefox (3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu4~mfs~karmic1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-3.6:
firefox-3.6 depends on firefox; however:
Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-3.6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup
error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
firefox-3.6
localepurge: checking system for new locale ...
localepurge: processing locale files ...
removed `/usr/share/locale/ace/LC_MESSAGES/jokosher.mo'
removed `/usr/share/locale/frp/LC_MESSAGES/exaile.mo'
localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 16K
localepurge: processing man pages ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Sat Feb 20 21:19:36 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 2
FirefoxPackages:
firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu4~mfs~karmic1
firefox-gnome-support 3.5.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
firefox-branding 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu4~mfs~karmic1
abroswer N/A
abrowser-branding N/A
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu4~mfs~karmic1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: firefox
Tags: ppa
ThirdParty: True
Title: package firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu4~mfs~karmic1 failed to
install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-package i386 ppa
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tried installing firefox-3.6 after adding mozillateam/firefox-stable PPA ::
package firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu4~mfs~karmic1 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524947
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