package inform 6.31.1+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[wayward4now]

Binary package hint: inform

iT R3EFUSES TO INSTALL

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 10 04:05:30 2009
Dependencies:
 findutils 4.4.2-1
 gcc-4.4-base 4.4.1-1ubuntu3
 libc6 2.10.1-0ubuntu5
 libgcc1 1:4.4.1-1ubuntu3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: inform 6.31.1+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.23-generic
SourcePackage: inform
Title: package inform 6.31.1+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64

[ErikH (erik-heckers)]

Same or similar problem here (9.10 alpha4):
myself@netbook:~$ sudo dpkg --configure inform
[sudo] password for myself:
Setting up inform (6.31.1+dfsg-1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/inform-6.31 doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing inform (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 inform

[Gerrit Ludwig (gerrit-ludwig)]

Same thing here with the 9.10beta. Every time I want to do an upgrade, inform fails. Think we have to uninstall it till this problem is fixed?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package inform - 6.31.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1

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inform (6.31.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Removed alternatives configuration. (LP: #411523)
 -- Maia Kozheva <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:21:35 +0600

[m8ryx (rick-beerdrinker)]

thanks!

[Mathieu Brethes (mathieu-brethes)]

Still affecting me with the latest version of the package... Is there anything I can do to help?

The detailed error message says: "The alternative path /usr/bin/inform-6.31 does not exist" (maybe not exactly this way, I'm translating from French).

If I create the file manually and reinstall the package, it does not show any error.

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

This bug has been marked as Fix Committed for over a year. If the fix has made it into Ubuntu, please mark this bug as Fix Released. If the fix has been released upstream, but not Ubuntu, create a new bug asking for the new version and tag it with upgrade-software-version. If this bug has not been fixed, change the status back to Confirmed.

[James Cowgill (jcowgill)]

Was fixed in Lucid (don't know why it's still open)