lam-runtime failed to install/upgrade: update-alternatives: error: alternative mpiexec can't be slave of mpirun: it is a master alternative.

[eldad]

:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

:~$ apt-cache policy lam-runtime
lam-runtime:
  Installed: 7.1.2-1.5
  Candidate: 7.1.2-1.5
  Version table:
 *** 7.1.2-1.5 0
        500 http://mirror.isoc.org.il karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

occured upon installation of gpiv + gpivtools

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 19 11:56:29 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: lam-runtime 7.1.2-1.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
SourcePackage: lam
Title: package lam-runtime 7.1.2-1.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic x86_64

:: HOW TO REPRODUCE ::
$ sudo aptitude install gpiv gpivtools-mpi
[...]

The installation fails with :
Setting up lam-runtime (7.1.2-1.5) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative mpiexec can't be slave of mpirun: it is a master alternative.
dpkg: error processing lam-runtime (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Aurel (aurel-marc)]

By using the synaptic dpkg I receive always following error:

"E: lam-runtime: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück"

What can I do?

Best regards

Marc Aurel

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

I can't reproduce it in Lucid. Could someone confirm that this is fixed in Lucid because there was no change in lam-runtime between Karmic and Lucid ?