package wireshark-common 1.2.2-2 [modified: usr/bin/dumpcap] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2

[Charles Port]

Binary package hint: wireshark

A standard apt-get install of wireshark resulted in problems (Xfce wm froze)

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 wireshark-common: Remove
 libc-ares2: Remove
 liblua5.1-0: Remove
 libsmi2-common: Remove
 libsmi2ldbl: Remove
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 25 01:46:19 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: wireshark-common 1.2.2-2 [modified: usr/bin/dumpcap]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: wireshark
Title: package wireshark-common 1.2.2-2 [modified: usr/bin/dumpcap] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64

[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 512096, 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.