package nvidia-331-uvm 340.96-0ubuntu3.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up

[Bengt Nilsson]

This bug continues in 17.04.
nividia opencl and nvidia 340 cannot be uninstalled or updated.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: nvidia-331-uvm 340.96-0ubuntu3.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-20.22-lowlatency 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-20-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Wed May 3 09:55:36 2017
DistUpgraded: 2017-04-17 22:58:05,350 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Misslyckades med att köra barnprocessen ”./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8))
DistroCodename: zesty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.10.0-19-lowlatency, x86_64: installed
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.10.0-20-lowlatency, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-340, 340.102, 4.10.0-19-lowlatency, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-340, 340.102, 4.10.0-20-lowlatency, x86_64: installed
ErrorMessage: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0412] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [1458:d000]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-17 (989 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.1)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-20-lowlatency root=UUID=9a32c362-3eac-4735-81d0-a4f7a08d7d0a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
Title: package nvidia-331-uvm 340.96-0ubuntu3.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-17 (15 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/17/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F7
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: Q87M-D2H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF7:bd01/17/2014:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnQ87M-D2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.76-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.3-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.0.3-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.9.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.14-0ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Wed May 3 11:18:24 2017
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1
xserver.video_driver: modeset