package language-selector-gnome 0.138 failed to install/upgrade: unable to create `/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/bin/gnome-language-selector'): Permission denied

[rjasmin]

package failure when upgrading resulting in a locked XTerm and no other terminals visible to login to.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.138
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-10.10-generic 3.19.2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 21 16:11:28 2015
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../language-selector-gnome_0.143_all.deb ...
 Unpacking language-selector-gnome (0.143) over (0.138) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/language-selector-gnome_0.143_all.deb (--unpack):
  unable to create `/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/bin/gnome-language-selector'): Permission denied
DuplicateSignature: package:language-selector-gnome:0.138:unable to create `/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/bin/gnome-language-selector'): Permission denied
ErrorMessage: unable to create `/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/bin/gnome-language-selector'): Permission denied
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-21 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150326)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
SourcePackage: language-selector
Title: package language-selector-gnome 0.138 failed to install/upgrade: unable to create `/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/bin/gnome-language-selector'): Permission denied
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Closing this bug due to its age. Please file a new report, if the problem can be reproduced on a current Ubuntu version.