package dkms 2.1.1.2-2fakesync1 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück

[Jan-Erik Mai]

Binary package hint: dkms

dont know what happened, i guess my system crashed during install of new software (after ubuntu 10.04 setup)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: dkms 2.1.1.2-2fakesync1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 26 22:05:02 2010
ErrorMessage: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dkms
Title: package dkms 2.1.1.2-2fakesync1 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück

[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.

[Jan-Erik Mai (in0de)]

in case that happens to you... you crashed your system while installing or removing software...

you package list is corrupt but there is a dirty hack to resolve the problem:

terminal:

1) cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
2) * sudo rm %package_that_is_corrupt%.post*
    * in my case here it was fakeroot so my line would be $ sudo rm fakeroot.post*
    * sometimes it only helps to $ sudo rm fakeroot.*
3) after that type $ sudo apt-get --purge -remove %package%
    * in my case again $ sudo apt-get --purge -remove fakeroot
4) fakeroot will be removed without problems and you can reinstall correctly.
5) all should work again

regards