package gnome-icon-theme 2.31.0-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Dinesh]

I installed gnome 3 and after uninstalling using ppa purge it resulted in this error

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-icon-theme 2.31.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AptOrdering:
 gnome-icon-theme: Configure
 evolution: Configure
 evolution-exchange: Configure
 gnome-control-center: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 23 23:32:01 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Setting up gnome-icon-theme (2.31.0-0ubuntu2) ...
 update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/ubuntu-logo.svg doesn't exist.
 dpkg: error processing gnome-icon-theme (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gnome-icon-theme
Title: package gnome-icon-theme 2.31.0-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-08-23 (0 days ago)

[funicorn (funicorn)]

same here. Disgusting dpkg dependences, Irresponsible packagers .

[Eipifi (eipifi)]

Same here, also after removing Gnome3.

eipifi@eipifi-vaio:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up gnome-icon-theme (2.31.0-0ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/ubuntu-logo.svg doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing gnome-icon-theme (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-control-center:
 gnome-control-center depends on gnome-icon-theme (>= 2.24); however:
  Package gnome-icon-theme is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-control-center (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 gnome-icon-theme
 gnome-control-center
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Eipifi (eipifi)]

Here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/168662

User named bhaskar used sudo dpkg -P to remove conflicting packaged and everything went fine, however this does not work for me.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report but downgrading from unofficial ppa is not supported and not a distribution bug, you can probably workaround it by reinstallaing the oneiric gnome-icon-theme version