package hplip 2.8.7-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade:

[Pavlin Petkov]

Binary package hint: hplip

update manager reported that the package failed to install during the upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

$ apt-cache policy hplip
hplip:
  Installed: 2.8.7-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 2.8.7-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 2.8.7-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://ftp.esat.net intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: hplip 2.8.7-0ubuntu6
SourcePackage: hplip
Title: package hplip 2.8.7-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

I think your sudo timeout ran out before the upgrade finished. Can you do the following:
sudo aptitude purge hplip
Remove the hplip user in System -> Administration -> Users & Groups
sudo aptitude install hplip

Does that work?

[Pavlin Petkov (pavlin-petkov)]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <email address hidden> wrote:
> I think your sudo timeout ran out before the upgrade finished. Can you do the following:
> sudo aptitude purge hplip
> Remove the hplip user in System -> Administration -> Users & Groups
> sudo aptitude install hplip
>
> Does that work?
>

   Yes. This ran without ptoblem (output below).
    If this is a timeout runout issue, shouldn't the upgrade handle
that and prompt again for the password?

   Regards,
   Pavlin

pavlin@trantor:~$ sudo aptitude purge hplip
[sudo] password for pavlin:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  hpijs
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  bsd-mailx{u} dpatch{u} hplip{p} kbuild{u} libalut0{u} libavformat1d{u}
  libbind9-30{u} libdc1394-13{u} libdns35{u} libisc32{u} libisc35{u}
  libisccc30{u} libisccfg30{u} liblwres30{u} libnss3-0d{u} libopenal0a{u}
  libopenal1{u} libpoppler-glib2{u} libpoppler2{u} libqt4-core{u}
  libqt4-test{u} libwpd-stream8c2a{u} libxalan110{u} libxerces-c28{u}
  libxerces27{u} mailx{u} python-exo{u} python-setuptools{u}
  python-smartpm{u} vim-full{u}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 30 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 26.3MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  hpijs: Depends: hplip (= 2.8.7-0ubuntu6) but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
foomatic-db-hpijs
hpijs

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
hal-cups-utils recommends hplip
hplip-data recommends hplip
xubuntu-desktop recommends foomatic-db-hpijs
xubuntu-desktop recommends hplip
Score is -612

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  bsd-mailx{u} dpatch{u} foomatic-db-hpijs{a} hpijs{a} hplip{p} kbuild{u}
  libalut0{u} libavformat1d{u} libbind9-30{u} libdc1394-13{u} libdns35{u}
  libisc32{u} libisc35{u} libisccc30{u} libisccfg30{u} liblwres30{u}
  libnss3-0d{u} libopenal0a{u} libopenal1{u} libpoppler-glib2{u}
  libpoppler2{u} libqt4-core{u} libqt4-test{u} libwpd-stream8c2a{u}
  libxalan110{u} libxerces-c28{u} libxerces27{u} mailx{u} python-exo{u}
  python-setuptools{u} python-smartpm{u} vim-full{u}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 32 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 29.3MB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 212440 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mailx ...
Removing bsd-mailx ...
Removing dpatch ...
Removing foomatic-db-hpijs ...
Removing hpijs ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 removed doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
(Reading database ... 212347 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hplip ...
Purging configuration files for hplip ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing ...

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Yes, it should, but this is a duplicate that is fixed in Intrepid, but when you upgrade you're still using Hardy's shadow, so and on Hardy it's not fixed.