package chromium-browser (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: »neues chromium-browser-Skript des Paketes pre-installation«-Unterprozess gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück

[Holger Lindemann]

This happens while installing chromium (snap) with synaptic, together with different other applications.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Fri Apr 24 17:17:36 2020
ErrorMessage: »neues chromium-browser-Skript des Paketes pre-installation«-Unterprozess gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.2
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
Title: package chromium-browser (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: »neues chromium-browser-Skript des Paketes pre-installation«-Unterprozess gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

From DpkgTerminalLog.txt:

==> Installing the chromium snap
Fehler: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Snap "chromium" (1119) von Kanal "stable" herunterladen (received an unexpected http response code (503) when trying to download https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R_1119.snap)
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Archivs /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-gCXwgI/00-chromium-browser_80.0.3987.163-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 »neues chromium-browser-Skript des Paketes pre-installation«-Unterprozess gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück

That looks like an intermittent problem when connecting with the snap store. Can you try installing chromium again?

    sudo apt install --reinstall chromium-browser

[Holger Lindemann (ho-li)]

sudo apt install --reinstall chromium-browser

That works, but ended with this warning:

Warnung: /snap/bin wurde nicht in »$PATH« gefunden. Wenn Sie die Sitzung seit der Installation von
         snapd nicht neu gestartet haben, versuchen Sie bitte dieses. Für weitere Einzelheiten:
         https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/9469.

OK, thank you thus far.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

That warning can be safely ignored. Glad to know that the reinstall worked.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

For reference: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/503-response-codes-from-the-store-when-upgrading-the-chromium-deb-to-the-snap/16951