package chromium-browser 105.0.5195.102-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Wayne Moses Burke]

This happened during the OS upgrade to 20.4.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: chromium-browser 105.0.5195.102-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-126.142-generic 5.4.203
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-126-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
DRM.card0-DP-1:
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 status: connected
 edid-base64: AP///////wBMLYELTktLMDQYAQOAPSN4Kl+xoldPoigPUFS/74BxT4EAgcCBgJUAqcCzAAEBBHQAMPJwWoCwWIoAYFkhAAAeAAAA/QAYSx5aHgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABVMjhENTkwCiAgICAgAAAA/wBIVFBGQzAwNzU5CiAgAakCAyPxSJAEHxMDEiAiIwkHB4MBAABtAwwAEACAPCAQYAECAwI6gBhxOC1AWCxFAGBZIQAAHgI6gNByOC1AECxFgGBZIQAAHgEdAHJR0B4gbihVAGBZIQAAHlZeAKCgoClQMCA1AGBZIQAAGgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARw==
 modes: 3840x2160 3840x2160 3840x2160 3840x2160 3840x2160 2560x1440 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080 1680x1050 1600x900 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1280x800 1152x864 1280x720 1280x720 1280x720 1280x720 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 720x576 720x480 720x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400
DRM.card0-DP-2:
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 status: disconnected
 edid-base64:
 modes:
DRM.card0-HDMI-A-1:
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 status: disconnected
 edid-base64:
 modes:
DRM.card0-HDMI-A-2:
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 status: disconnected
 edid-base64:
 modes:
DRM.card0-eDP-1:
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 status: connected
 edid-base64: AP///////wAGr+0mAAAAAAAcAQSlIhN4AsY1o1ZSnigKUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBFDeAtHA4JkBsMKoAWMIQAAAaECyAtHA4JkBsMKoAWMIQAAAaAAAA/gBHSFcxS4BCMTU2SEFOAAAAAAADQQKeABAAAAoBCiAgAAI=
 modes: 1920x1080 1920x1080
Date: Tue Oct 4 12:22:48 2022
Desktop-Session:
 'None'
 'None'
 'None'
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-bionic-amd64-20190418-59+beaver-osp1+X00+beaver-+X00
Env:
 'None'
 'None'
ErrorMessage: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-06 (635 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20190418-12:10
InstalledPlugins:

Load-Avg-1min: 2.18
Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.2%
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision 3550
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-126-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
Title: package chromium-browser 105.0.5195.102-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2022-10-04 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2022
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.16.1
dmi.board.name: 0XK86F
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: MTTESTPC
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.16.1:bd09/07/2022:svnDellInc.:pnPrecision3550:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0XK86F:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Precision
dmi.product.name: Precision 3550
dmi.product.sku: 09A2
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted]

[Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio)]

From DpkgTerminalLog.txt,

> Download snap "chromium" (2117) from channel "stable" (received an unexpected http response code (503) when trying to download...

This was just a transient server problem, so trying again later should solve it. Let me know otherwise.