cmake-data 2.8.0-5ubuntu1~karmic1 failed to upgrade: post-installation script returned error exit status 1 - cp: cannot create regular file `/etc/lobal_R/site-start.d': No such file or directory

[Marius Gedminas]

Binary package hint: cmake

A routine system update gave me this error:

Setting up cmake-data (2.8.0-5ubuntu1~karmic1) ...
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor lobal_R
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for lobal_R
cp: cannot create regular file `/etc/lobal_R/site-start.d': No such file or directory
emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacsen-common lobal_R lobal_R failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 2.
dpkg: error processing cmake-data (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cmake:
 cmake depends on cmake-data (= 2.8.0-5ubuntu1~karmic1); however:
  Package cmake-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing cmake (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cmake-data
 cmake

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan 17 03:22:27 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: cmake-data 2.8.0-5ubuntu1~karmic1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: cmake
Title: package cmake-data 2.8.0-5ubuntu1~karmic1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

karmik is now EOL, please reopen if you still have issues.