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package steam (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 30

Bug #1649655 reported by Tommi Koskela on 2016-12-13

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 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	steam (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I was trying to install steam.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: steam (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-105.152-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-105-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2
AptOrdering:
steam: Install
steam: Configure
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 13 20:22:43 2016
DpkgTerminalLog: Preparing to unpack .../steam_1%3a1.0.0.48-1ubuntu3_i386.deb ...
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 30
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-13 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.15
SourcePackage: steam
Title: package steam (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 30
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-12-13 (0 days ago)

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Tommi Koskela (tompsimondi) wrote on 2016-12-13:

Df.txt Edit (521 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (71.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (66.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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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.