Now have a new, much saner-looking /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser (never looked at it before the problem) which mentions only Firefox. Good enough for me. Thanks again for all the help.
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Mark Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > All right, this is strange. (To me, I've never delved into this particular > area before). /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/gnome-www-browser only contains > references to Chromium, but the problems are all with Firefox. I didn't see > anything that looked obviously corrupt, and after making a safety copy of > the file and editing the one line that seemed suspicious, it returned the > same error. So I tried Dave's suggestion and got a message that the file > was corrupt. Having a safe copy, I deleted the file and got > > "Setting up firefox (12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1) ... > update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser has been > changed (manually or by a script). Switching to manual updates only. > update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox to provide > /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode. > update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser has been > changed (manually or by a script). Switching to manual updates only. > update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox to provide > /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode." > > I am waiting for a download to finish before I restart Firefox. Hmm. I may > try deleting Chromium. Not sure what's going on here, HTH > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:31 AM, Mark Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you. Will do. >> >> On May 16, 2012 2:20 AM, "Micah Gersten" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I wouldn't suggest running that update-alternatives command as it'll >> remove all alternatives for gnome-www-browser. >> If you take a look at /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/gnome-www-browser, you >> should be able to see what's invalid there, then you can remove the >> corrupted entry by hand and then run: >> sudo dpkg --configure -a >> >> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) >> Status: New => Incomplete >> >> -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the >> bug report. https://bugs.l... >> Incomplete >> >> Bug description: Applying automatic updates. First time this automated >> process occurred. Very i... >> >> > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999491 Title: package firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/999491/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
