package polipo 1.0.4.1-1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Thomas Chamberlain]

I had previously uninstalled it and I was installing it again. I had placed a configuration file in /etc/polipo called config to make it work with Tor.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: polipo 1.0.4.1-1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AptOrdering:
 polipo: Install
 polipo: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 30 00:08:34 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: polipo
Title: package polipo 1.0.4.1-1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thanks for the report, please try:

'sudo apt-get purge polipo'
'sudo apt-get install polipo'

does that resolve your issue? Remember to backup your /etc/polipo/config file as it will be deleted.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for polipo (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Patrick Kilgore (patrick-kilgore)]

For future bug finders -- the solution above works - this bug is the result of a deleted config file.