metacity-common post-removal script returned error exit status 127

[David Robert Lewis]

Preparing to replace metacity-common 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu1 (using .../metacity-common_1%3a2.28.0-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement metacity-common ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/metacity-common.postrm: 11: update-gconf-defaults: not found
dpkg: warning: old post-removal script returned error exit status 127
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: 11: update-gconf-defaults: not found
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/metacity-common_1%3a2.28.0-0ubuntu2_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 127
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: 11: update-gconf-defaults: not found
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Preparing to replace python-libxml2 2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1 (using .../python-libxml2_2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-libxml2.prerm: 6: update-python-modules: not found

[Monkey (monkey-libre)]

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[David Robert Lewis (afrodeity)]

I've solved the problem which comes down to interpretation of python on a system with python 2.5 AND python 2.6 installed.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8939571#post8939571

[Monkey (monkey-libre)]

Thank You for your answer, I´ve closed this bug, please if You have any problem with this, reopen it.

Thank You for making Ubuntu better.