Comment 5 for bug 1506689

Pierre,
Thanks for the response.
I had encounterd the checkbox issue previously on one of my other
computers.
Once I removed the package and updated (on other machines), I was OK.

I just read up on the package.

Thanks,

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On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Pierre Equoy <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Hi eunix,
>
> if I understand correctly, you originally installed Ubuntu 11.10 on your
> computer, then installed checkbox and later upgraded your computer to
> Ubuntu 14.04?
>
> checkbox-gtk is a package that is not maintained anymore. For the time
> being, we provide a textual ui (checkbox-cli), and we are working on a
> new release of checkbox that will work on different platforms (checkbox-
> converged).
>
> In your description you mentioned that you uninstalled, then re-
> installed checkbox and that fixed the issue. Can you use checkbox now?
>
> Cheers,
>
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> Title:
> package checkbox-gtk 0.16.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
>
> Status in checkbox package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Note: I have seen this before and I believe I resolved this by
> uninstalling check box and then re-installing it.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: checkbox-gtk 0.16.7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-generic 3.13.11-ckt25
> Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Thu Oct 15 20:51:54 2015
> DuplicateSignature: package:checkbox-gtk:0.16.7:subprocess installed
> post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 2
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-26 (1419 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64
> (20111012)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.4
> apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.10
> SourcePackage: checkbox
> Title: package checkbox-gtk 0.16.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-06-20 (482 days ago)
>
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