package chromium-browser 108.0.5359.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.5 failed to install/upgrade: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[mashaal sajid]

I was updating from 18.04 to 20.04 and I was given the option to do a partial upgrade and then everything did'nt go well it seems. there's an issue with chromium and some other packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: chromium-browser 108.0.5359.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-136.153~18.04.1-generic 5.4.218
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-136-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.25
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
DRM.card0-DP-1:
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 status: disconnected
 edid-base64:
 modes:
DRM.card0-HDMI-A-1:
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 status: disconnected
 edid-base64:
 modes:
DRM.card0-HDMI-A-2:
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 status: disconnected
 edid-base64:
 modes:
DRM.card0-eDP-1:
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 status: connected
 edid-base64: AP///////wAJ5XQGAAAAAAEaAQSVIhN4CiQQl1lUjiceUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBZBtWd1AAEzAwIDYAWMIQAAAaohdWuVAALTAwIDYAWMIQAAAaAAAA/gBGVkdQUIBOVDE1TjQyAAAAAAAAQQGUABAAAAkBCiAgAFQ=
 modes: 1366x768 1366x768
Date: Tue Jan 10 09:11:35 2023
Desktop-Session:
 'None'
 'None'
 'None'
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-osp1-20171027-1
Env:
 'None'
 'None'
ErrorMessage: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-31 (1531 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20171027-10:57
InstalledPlugins:

Load-Avg-1min: 1.92
Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1%
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:e009 Qualcomm Atheros Communications
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:5689 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated Webcam
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 15-3573
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-136-generic root=UUID=8c431716-fe56-47f3-b49f-b7bb6d054608 ro alx.enable_wol=1 mem_sleep_default=deep quiet splash vt.handoff=1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
Title: package chromium-browser 108.0.5359.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.5 failed to install/upgrade: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.4.0
dmi.board.name: 0XT9M4
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.4.0:bd07/23/2018:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron15-3573:pvr1.4.0:rvnDellInc.:rn0XT9M4:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvrNotSpecified:
dmi.product.family: Inspiron
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 15-3573
dmi.product.sku: 083E
dmi.product.version: 1.4.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted]

[Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio)]

From DpkgTerminalLog.txt:

--->
(Get https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/jZLfBRzf1cYlYysIjD2bwSzNtngY0qit_1535.snap: dial tcp: lookup api.snapcraft.io on 127.0.0.53:53: read udp 127.0.0.1:59253->127.0.0.53:53: i/o timeout)
<---

Looks like a temporary outage of snapcraft.io, and I think this isn't the first report whose cause was that, so probably a more explanatory error message would be helpful.