package specto 0.3.1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Daniel Phillips]

Binary package hint: specto

1. Ubuntu 9.10
2. specto:
  Installed: 0.3.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.3.1-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.3.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.3.1-0ubuntu1~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
3. I expected other programs to install properly
4. They would not install properly, citing that specto could not be configured

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 24 13:08:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: specto 0.3.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: specto
Title: package specto 0.3.1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report

The error is
=====
Setting up specto (0.3.1-0ubuntu2) ...
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: Not overwriting local files:
[...]
dpkg: error processing specto (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
=====

Did you install a previous version of spectro by hand (easyinstall ?)

[Daniel Phillips (fire-breather-15)]

Hmmm...no I haven't...This problem only cropped up recently, though...

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

You can get rid of the error by setting overwrite-local=1 in /etc/python/debian_config .

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue. If so please set the bug's status to Invalid. Thanks in advance!

[Daniel Phillips (fire-breather-15)]

It worked! Thanks a lot!!