install stop in install

[Birdwing]

~ $ lsb_release -rd
Description: Linux Mint 9 Isadora
Release: 9
~ $ apt-cache policy pkgname
W: Unable to locate package pkgname

[Birdwing (stephane-bigotte)]

This message come when I try to install LinuxMint Isadora 9 on to Ubuntu 11.10 to come to mint version and left ubuntu.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 2566, in <module>
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python: install.run()
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 353, in run
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python: self.copy_all()
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 746, in copy_all
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python: os.mkdir(targetpath, mode)
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python: OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var/lock'
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint python:
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: debconffilter_done: ubiquity.components.install (current: None)
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: Exception in GTK frontend (invoking crash handler):
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 524, in <module>
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: main(oem_config)
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 509, in main
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: install(args[0], query=options.query)
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 242, in install
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: ret = wizard.run()
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 513, in run
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: self.process_step()
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 1179, in process_step
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: self.progress_loop()
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 1062, in progress_loop
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: (ret, realtb))
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 2566, in <module>
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: install.run()
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 353, in run
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: self.copy_all()
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 746, in copy_all
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: os.mkdir(targetpath, mode)
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]: OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var/lock'
Mar 21 16:22:26 mint ubiquity[3913]:
Mar 21 16:23:37 mint ubiquity[3913]: last message repeated 2 times
Mar 21 16:34:39 mint kernel: [ 2873.878854] EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
Mar 21 16:35:01 mint nautilus: [N-A] Nautilus-Actions Menu Extender 2.30.2 initializing...
Mar 21 16:35:01 mint nautilus: [N-A] Nautilus-Actions Tracker 2.30.2 initializing...
Mar 21 16:37:20 mint ubiquity[12441]: Ubiquity 2.2.24-1mint1
Mar 21 16:37:31 mint ubiquity[12441]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect
Mar 21 16:37:32 mint ubiquity[1...

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 891711, fixed in ubiquity 2.9.19 in Ubuntu Precise.