package arno-iptables-firewall 1.9.2.a-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Bren]

Binary package hint: arno-iptables-firewall

I just got this message when I booted up this morning. The system told me yesterday that the download had failed but I am not computer literate enough to know anything about the details I am afraid.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 28 12:29:51 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: arno-iptables-firewall 1.9.2.a-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: arno-iptables-firewall
Title: package arno-iptables-firewall 1.9.2.a-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Setting up arno-iptables-firewall (1.9.2.a-1) ...
Restarting Arno's Iptables Firewall... ERROR: The required variable EXT_IF is empty!
       Please, check the configuration file.
FAILED!
invoke-rc.d: initscript arno-iptables-firewall, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing arno-iptables-firewall (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Did you forget to configure the firewall?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 514200, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Ooops. Duplicate is bug 307613