package apport 1.0-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2

[Dmitry Murat]

Binary package hint: apport

Just pressed Install Updates button in auto-opened Update Manager and installed all today updates but one. Screenshot of the install error attached.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 600:0:0:315757:2009-04-30 09:06:44.000000000 +0400:2009-04-30 09:06:53.000000000 +0400:/var/crash/apport.0.crash
 600:0:0:305791:2009-04-29 00:34:10.000000000 +0400:2009-04-29 00:36:20.000000000 +0400:/var/crash/splashy.0.crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: apport 1.0-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
Title: package apport 1.0-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

[hisotaso (flirm777)]

Same here, although i'm and intel machine.

[Claus007 (claus-ilginnis-deactivatedaccount)]

exactly the same 24: runlevel: not found

[Dmitry Murat (dmitry-murat)]

I think the package was updated at the moment because it has been installed well. So I think it's OK to close this bug.

mist@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy apport
apport:
  Installed: 1.0-0ubuntu5.2
  Candidate: 1.0-0ubuntu5.2
  Version table:
 *** 1.0-0ubuntu5.2 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.0-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages

[Dmitry Murat (dmitry-murat)]

At the moment no apport update can be found in Update Manager window and "sudo apt-get install apport" tells me that I have the latest version installed.

[squid1230 (tobias-schmid)]

The following packages will be upgraded:
  apport
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/113kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 125561 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace apport 1.0-0ubuntu5 (using .../apport_1.0-0ubuntu5.2_all.deb) ...
 * Stopping automatic crash report generation: apport /etc/init.d/apport: 24: runlevel: not found
exit: 24: Illegal number: Stopping
invoke-rc.d: initscript apport, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
 * Stopping automatic crash report generation: apport /etc/init.d/apport: 24: runlevel: not found
exit: 24: Illegal number: Stopping
invoke-rc.d: initscript apport, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/apport_1.0-0ubuntu5.2_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/apport_1.0-0ubuntu5.2_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Zombywuf (t-launchpad-zombywuf-org)]

The problem is that the script /etc/init.d/apport sets the PATH variable to /bin. It then tries to use the runlevel command to stop itself, but runlevel is in /sbin. The quick fix is to change the line:
PATH=/bin
to
PATH=/bin:/sbin
in /etc/init.d/apport

[Kevin Merigot (kevin-merigot)]

\o/ IT WORKS ! Thank you very much !

sudo vim /etc/init.d/apport
changed PATH=/bin to PATH=/bin:/sbin and saved
sudo apt-get upgrade

No soucy ! :)

Zombywuf a écrit :
> The problem is that the script /etc/init.d/apport sets the PATH variable to /bin. It then tries to use the runlevel command to stop itself, but runlevel is in /sbin. The quick fix is to change the line:
> PATH=/bin
> to
> PATH=/bin:/sbin
> in /etc/init.d/apport
>
>

[kikola (nvelkovski-hotmail)]

yup same here! it just worked!

thanks

[gamersint (codedvlpr)]

ditto here as well, worked liked a charm!

thanks for the FYI

[PGTips91 (paulgtaylor91-gmail)]

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/apport worked for me, thank you.

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Apport uses upstart by now so this is fixed.