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package steam 1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1732727 reported by Andrii Yalovyi on 2017-11-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1273027: package steam 1:1.0.0.39-2ubuntu1~ubuntu13.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

the problem is
steam installed and doesnt work. displaying note: no connection to browser
in steam settings all fine and network connection is well, as i made a bug report

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: steam 1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
AptOrdering:
steam: Install
steam: Configure
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 16 16:15:57 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
Preparing to unpack .../steam_1%3a1.0.0.48-1ubuntu4_i386.deb ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/steam_1%3a1.0.0.48-1ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
DuplicateSignature:
package:steam:1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu4
Preparing to unpack .../steam_1%3a1.0.0.48-1ubuntu4_i386.deb ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/steam_1%3a1.0.0.48-1ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-16 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170801)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: steam
Title: package steam 1:1.0.0.48-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Andrii Yalovyi (komsoner) wrote on 2017-11-16:

Dependencies.txt Edit (9.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (58.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (114.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (10.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (773 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2017-11-16

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Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen) wrote on 2021-01-10:

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 1273027, 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.