package hplip-data 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:

[Nicolás Ezequiel Cazes]

Binary package hint: hplip

Package Hplip
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
version: hplip 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.1
I expected to update the Ubuntu release
When update was finishing, I got this error message: package hplip-data 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: hplip-data 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog:
 W [26/Dec/2010:13:07:02 -0300] [CGI] Unhandled message: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable, path=/, member=Introspect
 E [26/Dec/2010:15:07:17 -0300] Unable to remove temporary file "/var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip" - Is a directory
 E [26/Dec/2010:16:04:44 -0300] Unable to remove temporary file "/var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip" - Is a directory
 E [26/Dec/2010:16:04:44 -0300] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/cups/drv/sample.drv"!
Date: Sun Dec 26 15:48:14 2010
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: el subproceso script post-installation instalado devolvió el código de salida de error 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No se han añadido destinos.
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0c45:6130 Microdia PC Camera (SN9C120)
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: a4
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=3bbb6d44-7a80-4473-ad4a-50870b6ac58c ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: hplip
Title: package hplip-data 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:
dmi.bios.date: 07/19/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.30
dmi.board.name: K7VM3
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.version: X.XX
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.30:bd07/19/2004:svn:pnK7VM3:pvr1.00:rvn:rnK7VM3:rvr1.00:cvn:ct3:cvrX.XX:
dmi.product.name: K7VM3
dmi.product.version: 1.00

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

The VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz file contains:

Configurando hplip-data (3.10.2-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Usage: update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package_directory [...]
       update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package.dirs [...]
       update-python-modules [-v] [-a|-f|-p]
update-python-modules: error: hplip-data.private is not a recognized python-support module.
dpkg: error al procesar hplip-data (--configure):
 el subproceso script post-installation instalado devolvió el código de salida de error 2
dpkg: problemas de dependencias impiden la configuración de hplip:
 hplip depende de hplip-data (= 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.1); sin embargo:
 El paquete `hplip-data' no está configurado todavía.
dpkg: error al procesar hplip (--configure):
 problemas de dependencias - se deja sin configurar

So it seems that update-python-modules does not find the file hplip-data.private in /usr/share/python-support/ or the file is broken.

Can you try

sudo apt-get install --reinstall hplip-data

Or if this does not work

sudo dpkg -P --force-depends hplip-data
sudo apt-get install hplip-data

Does this solve your problem?