In a bionic LXC container, I get an error message on install but it seems to complete, and uninstallation works without issue:
triage-bionic+18.04:~$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop ... Setting up libgtkmm-3.0-1v5:amd64 (3.22.2-2) ... Setting up open-vm-tools-desktop (2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1) ... modprobe: FATAL: Module fuse not found in directory /lib/modules/5.4.0-100-generic Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount → /lib/systemd/system/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount. Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1.4) ... triage-bionic+18.04:~$ sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools-desktop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libegl-mesa0 libegl1 libegl1-mesa libgbm1 libglibmm-2.4-1v5 libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libsasl2-modules libsigc++-2.0-0v5 libwayland-server0 libxatracker2 libxcb-xfixes0 python3-debconf xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-vmware Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: open-vm-tools-desktop 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 118 not upgraded. After this operation, 509 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 98729 files and directories currently installed.) Removing open-vm-tools-desktop (2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... triage-bionic+18.04:~$ I notice there are older bug reports about installation failures caught by apport, but none affecting bionic or newer. Since this is filed against a version of Ubuntu no longer actively supported, I'm going to close this report out. If the issue still presents itself on newer Ubuntu's please file a new bug report with the corresponding log and config files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1712735 Title: package open-vm-tools-desktop (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script pre-removal installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debhelper/+bug/1712735/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
