I forgot... as apt-get -f install will sort of reinstall the package, it will change the owner of those files again to root or debian- transmission, so I solved this by putting
chown -R $USER /etc/transmission-daemon /var/lib/debian-transmission just before the 'start-stop-daemon ...' line inside the start_daemon() function in /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/980424 Title: package transmission-daemon 2.50-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/980424/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
