package mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.4-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[MrGwen]

Binary package hint: mozilla-plugin-gnash

There is an error when I've tried to install the plugin :

update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/xulrunner-addons-flashplugin: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing mozilla-plugin-gnash (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mozilla-plugin-gnash

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.4-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gnash
Title: package mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.4-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic x86_64

[Ken Arnold (kenneth-arnold)]

Oops, wrong bug. #344019 is related, but I don't think it's actually a dupe.

[Matteo Gazzoni (matteo.gazzon)]

Ubuntu karmic: when I try to remove "mozilla-plugin-gnash" (0.8.5-0ubuntu1), I get this error:
E: mozilla-plugin-gnash: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Matteo bug #398213 may be the one you are looking for

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Ken bug #344019 is not the same bug as this.

[Adam Michalik (dodecki)]

I just had exactly the same bug in Kubuntu 9.04 in 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 version.

update-alternatives: nie można zrobić /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp dowiązaniem symbolicznym do /etc/alternatives/xulrunner-addons-flashplugin: No such file or directory
dpkg: błąd przetwarzania mozilla-plugin-gnash (--configure):
 podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 2

[Adam Michalik (dodecki)]

I just had exactly the same bug in Kubuntu 9.04 in 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 version.

Konfigurowanie mozilla-plugin-gnash (0.8.5-0ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: nie można zrobić /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so.dpkg-tmp dowiązaniem symbolicznym do /etc/alternatives/xulrunner-addons-flashplugin: No such file or directory
dpkg: błąd przetwarzania mozilla-plugin-gnash (--configure):
 podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 2