package deskbar-applet 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Giorgio]

Binary package hint: deskbar-applet

when upgrade to ubuntu 8.04 LTS I received the following error:
Could not install '/cdrom//pool/main/g/gnome-applets/gnome-applets-data_2.22.1-0ubuntu2_all.deb'

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 16 13:03:33 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: deskbar-applet 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
SourcePackage: deskbar-applet
Title: package deskbar-applet 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.25.3-giorgio x86_64

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

the package uses python-support, not python-central

[Thomas Kluyver (takluyver)]

Traceback shows not just an error, but another error in the code called to report the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport_python_hook.py", line 38, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/report.py", line 18, in <module>
    from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError
ImportError: cannot import name ExpatError

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 343, in <module>
    process(basedir,clean_modules)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 160, in process
    func(basedir, dir, file)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 138, in clean_modules
    for py in dir_versions(basedir):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 68, in dir_versions
    versions_dict[dir]=pysupport.version_list(file(verfile).readline())
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

The error was
=====
pycentral: pycentral pkgprepare: not overwriting local files

pycentral pkgprepare: not overwriting local files

dpkg: error processing /cdrom//pool/main/d/deskbar-applet/deskbar-applet_2.22.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):

 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
=====

You've reported it a long time ago, is it still an issue ?

[Giorgio (geert-reynaerts)]

Hello,

as I reinstalled the system it is no longer an issue anymore. But the reason I reinstalled the system was naturally because I could not resolve this issue and it was naturally blocking me.

kind regards,

Geert

> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:40:52 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 231036] Re: package deskbar-applet 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> The error was
> =====
> pycentral: pycentral pkgprepare: not overwriting local files
>
> pycentral pkgprepare: not overwriting local files
>
> dpkg: error processing /cdrom//pool/main/d/deskbar-applet/deskbar-
> applet_2.22.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> =====
>
> You've reported it a long time ago, is it still an issue ?
>
> ** Changed in: python-support (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> package deskbar-applet 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/231036
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> of the bug.

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[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for following up. I'm closing this report due to your last comment. Don't hesitate to submit any new bug.