package yiff-server 2.14.5-5.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Shawn Blanchette]

Most installs fail. When I try installing new software, usually it fails. New software packages fail also. Updates usually fail too.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 11 09:48:14 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: yiff-server 2.14.5-5.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: yiff
Title: package yiff-server 2.14.5-5.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

[Shawn Blanchette (linuxstuff)]

Additional information: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1321389&page=2

[Shawn Blanchette (linuxstuff)]

My user name is RefinersFire

[EddieBoyette (eddiekimberly)]

Almost always happens when either upgrading or installing new packages.

[moylan (angryearthling)]

happening on a samsung netbook.

[Rene Holly Klein (rmholly)]

Server edition with desktop added to it. Homebuilt machine.
Intel DG43NB, Celeron E3300, 4GB 800MHz DDR2, onboard sound and video.

[moylan (angryearthling)]

since an update 2 weeks ago this has resolved itself on my samsung netbook.

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Not too sure why this is happening, but it's easy enough to provide a hacky fix.

[Rene Holly Klein (rmholly)]

I'm still a newbie to command-line stuff, though I took a couple of
programming classes in Java about 8 years ago. That said, I wasn't that
good, and I'm very rusty now. I'm having trouble getting a clear picture of
the patching process, especially with the cognitive dysfunction ("brain
fog") I'm experiencing due to chronic pain. Could someone give me a fairly
detailed how-to as to the steps I need to take to apply this patch? I get
that the patch is changing one line with a flag, but the steps to get from a
to b, like where to put the diff and how to apply the patch, are one big
muddle.

Sorry I'm having to ask--I've always been of the RTFM school myself, but
it's not working for me this week. :p I've been trying to wrap my head
around this for 3 days, and I'm so frustrated and disgusted with my the
effects my illness is having that it's not funny. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
--Rene'

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Stefano Rivera <email address hidden>wrote:

> Not too sure why this is happening, but it's easy enough to provide a
> hacky fix.
>
> ** Patch added: "yiff_2.14.5-5.1ubuntu0.10.04.1.debdiff"
>
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/debian/+source/yiff/+bug/560703/+attachment/1653364/+files/yiff_2.14.5-5.1ubuntu0.10.04.1.debdiff
>
>

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

I've been able to replicate this, so I'll take it up with the Debian maintainer.

> Could someone give me a fairly detailed how-to as to the steps I need to take to apply this patch?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide for all the gritty details, but basically:

pull-lp-source yiff lucid
grab-attachments 560703
cd yiff-2.14.5
patch -p1 < ../yiff_2.14.5-5.1ubuntu0.10.04.1.debdiff
debuild -uc -us

Install the resultant deb.

I've already done this, you can grab it from my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~stefanor/+archive/ppa/+packages

Note that this patch doesn't actually fix anything, it just stops the installation from failing if the Daemon can't start.

Do you actually need yiff-server? We tend to use pulseaudio for this kind of thing on Ubuntu these days (assuming yiff-server is what I think it is)