package thunderbird 3.1.8+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jarrett Chisholm]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Simply used the Update Manager to update my system. During the update, an error popped up saying a package did not install/upgrade properly. Also, I was no longer able to left-click on buttons in windows (i.e. I couldn't hit the 'close' button to close the Update Manager window). However, the enter key still worked for this function. After restarting my machine, mouse works just fine.

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
11.04 alpha 2

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
3.1.8+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

3) What you expected to happen
update normally

4) What happened instead
error while updating

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: thunderbird 3.1.8+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.28-generic 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Feb 8 18:35:48 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Title: package thunderbird 3.1.8+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

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 715310, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.