package python-wxgtk2.8 2.8.9.1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Broomer68]

with todays updates this crash happened.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: python-wxgtk2.8 2.8.9.1-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: wxwidgets2.8
Title: package python-wxgtk2.8 2.8.9.1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-8-server i686

[Daniel Hollocher (chogydan)]

looks like the postinst script attempts to setup for _both_ python2.5 and python2.6, rather than one or the other. Since I don't know anything about packaging, I'm curious to see how this is fixed :)

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu)]

/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-wxgtk2.8.postinst: 9: python2.6: not found

This is the culprit: (the python$pyver).

diff -u wxwidgets2.8-2.8.9.1/debian/python-wxgtk.postinst wxwidgets2.8-2.8.9.1/debian/python-wxgtk.postinst
--- wxwidgets2.8-2.8.9.1/debian/python-wxgtk.postinst
+++ wxwidgets2.8-2.8.9.1/debian/python-wxgtk.postinst
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 set -e

 for pyver in =PYVERS; do
- update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/python$pyver/site-packages/wx.pth wx$pyver.pth \
+ pylib=$(python$pyver -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib()')
+ update-alternatives --install $pylib/wx.pth wx$pyver.pth \
     /usr/lib/wx/python/wx=V.pth =PRIO
 done;

[Marius Nestor (marius-nestor)]

Same happens for amd64

[Martin Olsson (mnemo)]

I also got this

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Confirming here. Thank you for reporting.

[Florent (florent.x)]

there's another error with next version 2.8.9.1-0ubuntu3

see bug #333782

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fixed in python-wxgtk2.8 2.8.9.1-0ubuntu3