package initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[hjeffrey]

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

initramfs-tools failed to install while attempting to upgrade from last yesterdays nightly build. I am running off a persistent USB install on a Toshiba Satellite T115-S1100. I was using apt-get to do the upgrade. I would guess that this is more likely a issue with apt-get and the package management system then with initramfs-tools, but honestly I don't know.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-3.30-generic 2.6.38-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-3-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 16 21:26:05 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110215)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, the package installation error message that you have received is actually a failure with lzma and a generic one at that. The following steps may help resolve the issue. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again as this may resolve your issue. We plan to make lzma errors more informative and that work is being tracked in bug 691985 which I will mark this a duplicate of.