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package steam (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus nouveau script pre-installation a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 30

Bug #1635926 reported by Mohamed Amin Boubaker on 2016-10-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1273534: package steam 1:1.0.0.39-2ubuntu1~ubuntu13.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 30. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	steam (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

```bash lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
```

```bash apt-cache policy steam
steam:
  Installé : (aucun)
  Candidat : 1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3
Table de version :
     1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://tn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages
```

aptitude log for steam:

```log aptitude
Sélection du paquet steam précédemment désélectionné.
Préparation du dépaquetage de .../steam_1%3a1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3_i386.deb ...
dpkg: erreur de traitement de l'archive /var/cache/apt/archives/steam_1%3a1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack) :
le sous-processus nouveau script pre-installation a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 30
Installation terminated: Steam License Agreement was DECLINED.
```

but i was accepted steam license.
`steamcmd` was succefully installed but steam still selected to install in `aptitude`.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: steam (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 23 06:36:04 2016
ErrorMessage: le sous-processus nouveau script pre-installation a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 30
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: steam
Title: package steam (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus nouveau script pre-installation a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 30
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Mohamed Amin Boubaker (codeiter) wrote on 2016-10-23:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (8.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (843 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (127.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (39.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (31.3 KiB, application/x-gzip)
HookError_ubuntu.txt Edit (828 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (125.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-11-18:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in steam (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2017-01-04

Changed in steam (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen) wrote on 2021-01-09:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1273534, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.