package firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed firefox package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

Bug #2036343 reported by Roberto Lindmark

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firefox (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
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Bug Description

I have uninstall

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-32.32~22.04.1-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Sun Sep 17 10:06:32 2023
DuplicateSignature:
 package:firefox:1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
 Setting up firefox (1:1snap1-0ubuntu2) ...
 update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist
 dpkg: error processing package firefox (--configure):
  installed firefox package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: installed firefox package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-09-17 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.12, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.2
 apt 2.4.10
SourcePackage: firefox
Title: package firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed firefox package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Roberto Lindmark (robelind) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Amin Bandali (bandali) wrote :

Hello,

The dpkg terminal suggests that it could not find /usr/bin/firefox on your system, however that path is always present when the Firefox deb package is installed. Do you know why it wasn't so on your system? Was it manually deleted, perhaps?

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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