package chromium-browser 1:116.0.5845.110-0ubuntu0.22.04.1sav0 failed to install/upgrade: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Eric Morgan]

When installing chromium-browser:

error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Make snap "chromium" (2873) available to the system (cannot cleanup failed attempt at making snap "chromium" available to the system: cannot update-desktop-database "update-desktop-database: error while loading shared libraries: libglib-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory\n": exit status 127)
- Make snap "chromium" (2873) available to the system (cannot update-desktop-database "update-desktop-database: error while loading shared libraries: libglib-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory\n": exit status 127)
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-BalEL2/6-chromium-browser_2%3a1snap1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Original report
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WTF?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: chromium-browser 1:116.0.5845.110-0ubuntu0.22.04.1sav0
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-35.35-generic 6.8.4
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-35-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Mon Jun 10 08:35:48 2024
Desktop-Session:
 'None'
 'None'
 'None'
Env:
 'None'
 'None'
ErrorMessage: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-09-24 (625 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
InstalledPlugins:

Load-Avg-1min: 6.94
Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1%
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-35-generic root=UUID=099ad28e-24e7-4654-ae70-43b54079a748 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python3-minimal, 3.12.3-0ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python-is-python3, 3.11.4-1
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
Title: package chromium-browser 1:116.0.5845.110-0ubuntu0.22.04.1sav0 failed to install/upgrade: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-06-10 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/13/2016
dmi.bios.release: 5.11
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P7.20
dmi.board.name: Z170M Extreme4
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP7.20:bd12/13/2016:br5.11:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnZ170MExtreme4:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:skuToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted]