install failure

[Richard Hainsworth]

Binary package hint: update-manager

This is a report as requested by the upgrade-manager.

Just a straight install from a terminal.
$ sudo -s
<password>
$ update-manager -d

apt.log - last lines
Installing xcursor-themes as dep of ubuntu-desktop
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apport/package_hook", line 15, in <module>
    import apport, apport.fileutils
ImportError: No module named apport
Could not import module, is a package upgrade in progress? Error: No module named gobject

main.log - last lines
2007-03-31 12:10:45,537 DEBUG Free space on /: 5256757248
2007-03-31 12:10:45,537 DEBUG Dir /usr mounted on /
2007-03-31 12:10:45,538 DEBUG Dir /var mounted on /
2007-03-31 12:10:45,538 DEBUG Dir /boot mounted on /
2007-03-31 12:10:45,539 DEBUG Dir /var/cache/apt/archives/ mounted on /
2007-03-31 12:10:45,539 DEBUG Free space on /home: 42990166016
2007-03-31 12:10:45,539 DEBUG fs_free contains: '{'/var': <DistUpgradeControler.FreeSpace object at 0xb2ebc
0cc>, '/home': <DistUpgradeControler.FreeSpace object at 0xb2ebc1ec>, '/boot': <DistUpgradeControler.FreeSp
ace object at 0xb2ebc0cc>, '/usr': <DistUpgradeControler.FreeSpace object at 0xb2ebc0cc>, '/': <DistUpgrade
Controler.FreeSpace object at 0xb2ebc0cc>, '/var/cache/apt/archives/': <DistUpgradeControler.FreeSpace obje
ct at 0xb2ebc0cc>}'
2007-03-31 12:10:47,956 DEBUG dir '/var/cache/apt/archives/' needs '1159472710.0' of '<DistUpgradeControler
.FreeSpace object at 0xb2ebc0cc>' (5256757248.000000)
2007-03-31 12:10:47,956 DEBUG dir '/usr' needs '478547968.0' of '<DistUpgradeControler.FreeSpace object at
0xb2ebc0cc>' (4097284538.000000)
2007-03-31 12:10:47,956 DEBUG dir '/usr' needs '52428800' of '<DistUpgradeControler.FreeSpace object at 0xb
2ebc0cc>' (3618736570.000000)
2007-03-31 12:10:47,957 DEBUG dir '/boot' needs '41943040' of '<DistUpgradeControler.FreeSpace object at 0x
b2ebc0cc>' (3566307770.000000)
2007-03-31 12:10:47,957 DEBUG dir '/' needs '10485760' of '<DistUpgradeControler.FreeSpace object at 0xb2eb
c0cc>' (3524364730.000000)
2007-03-31 18:56:42,172 DEBUG got a conffile-prompt from dpkg for file: '/etc/host.conf'
2007-03-31 19:12:15,337 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0-
3_i386.deb': 'subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
'
2007-03-31 19:32:20,610 WARNING no activity on terminal for 240 seconds (Preparing to configure libgeoip1)
2007-03-31 19:32:20,747 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed

term.log - last lines
Setting up gnome-panel (2.18.0-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up alacarte (0.11.3-0ubuntu2) ...
desktop ...
Setting up evolution-exchange (2.10.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up evolution-plugins (2.10.0-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up gnome-applets (2.18.0-0ubuntu1) ...

[haarman (haarman)]

same error here.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

The cause of the failure is
=====
Preparing to replace libghc6-mtl-dev 1.0-2 (using .../libghc6-mtl-dev_1.0-3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/usr/lib/libghc6-network-dev/unregister.sh: 3: /usr/bin/ghc-pkg: not found
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libghc6-network-dev_2.0-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
/usr/lib/libghc6-network-dev/register.sh: 31: /usr/bin/ghc-pkg: not found
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
=====

I'm closing this report because it's already fixed.