package iputils-tracepath 3:20071127-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: underprocess installerade post-installation-skript gav felkod 2

[Daniel Croona]

error occured during upgrade from ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 9 12:40:48 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: underprocess installerade post-installation-skript gav felkod 2
Package: iputils-tracepath 3:20071127-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
SourcePackage: iputils
Title: package iputils-tracepath 3:20071127-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: underprocess installerade post-installation-skript gav felkod 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686

[Daniel Croona (daniel-bravomedia)]

Everytime I run the update manager I get the following complaints:

Freely translated from Swedish:

Configuring iputils-tracepath (3:20071127-1build1) ...
update-alternatives: error: the alternative link /usr/bin/traceroute6 is already handled by traceroute6.before_restore_2009-03-02_22.32.44.435893.
dpkg: error handling iputils-tracepath (--configure):
 underprocess install post-installation-skript returned error code 2
dpkg: dependency issues prevents configuration of gnome-nettool:
 gnome-nettool is depending on iputils-tracepath, but:
  the packade iputils-tracepath has not been configured yet.
dpkg: error handling gnome-nettool (--configure):
 dependancy problem - leaving unconfigured

that leads to follow-up issues with: telepathy-butterfly, traceroute and ubuntu-desktop

[Daniel Croona (daniel-bravomedia)]

The problem is solved. It wasn't really iputils-tracepath that was the problem, it was the dependency to traceroute. I discovered this message that must remain from a restore earlier this year:

update-alternatives: error: the alternative link /usr/bin/traceroute6 is already handled by traceroute6.before_restore_2009-03-02_22.32.44.435893

I tried moving that file to a temporary folder and reran the upgrade process and it worked perfectly, no errors at all, the packages telepathy-butterfly, traceroute and ubuntu-desktop was now configured without any problems as well.

Case closed :)

[David Heidelberg (okias)]

Maybe you could close this bug.

so please, CLOSE BUG.

[Daniel Croona (daniel-bravomedia)]

I thought it was closed already, and now I moved it to "Invalid". Is that OK?