Comment 15 for bug 1953524

Brian

Have you been able to make any progress?

I dont understand as any further install I still get the same error when I
run sudo apt-get install -f:
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp'
not owned by package 'npm:all'

Do I have to change the owner and group of
/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp to nmp:all, I thought with sudo it
should work.

I cant even build java apps using gradle. This is a real blocker, do I have
to now do a clean ubuntu install?

Regards
Charlie Simms

On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 16:35, Brian Murray <email address hidden>
wrote:

> The following lines in VarLogDistUpgradeApttermlog.txt indicate where
> part of the problem is:
>
> Preparing to unpack .../npm_7.5.2+ds-1_all.deb ...^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp' not owned by package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp' not owned by package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib' not owned by package
> 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp' not owned by package
> 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator' not owned by
> package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.pyc' not
> owned by package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/__init__.pyc'
> not owned by package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.pyc' not owned by
> package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/common.pyc' not owned
> by package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/simple_copy.pyc' not
> owned by package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.pyc' not owned
> by package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: file
> '/usr/share/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.pyc'
> not owned by package 'npm:all'^M
> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: directory '/usr/share/npm' contains files
> not owned by package npm:all, cannot switch to symlink^M
> dpkg: error processing archive
> /var/cache/apt/archives/npm_7.5.2+ds-1_all.deb (--unpack):^M
> new npm package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit
> status 1^M
> Errors were encountered while processing:^M
> /var/cache/apt/archives/npm_7.5.2+ds-1_all.deb^M
>
> However, looking at VarLogDistUpgradeAptclone the package node-gyp
> (which I'm guessing owns those files) is the official one from the
> Ubuntu archive for Focal.
>
> The file /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log from your upgrade attempt would
> be helpful in further figuring out what went wrong. The folder
> /var/log/dist-upgrade/ contains folders for the date and times an
> upgrade was attempted or made so if you don't find it in the root
> directory look in a folder like '20211207-1234'.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1953524
>
> Title:
> Upgrade 20.04 to 21.10
>
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I ran the installation to upgrade using
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ImpishUpgrades
> section:- Upgrading Ubuntu Desktops to 21.10
> but got the following message:
> The upgrade will continue but the
> '/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-ZM0HnK/0993-npm_7.5.2+ds-1_all.deb' package may not
> be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it.
>
> Now I cant upgrade using the software updater I get the following error
> The package system is broken
> If you are using third party repositories then disable them, since they
> are a common source of problems.
> Now run the following command in a terminal: apt-get install -f
> Transaction failed: The package system is broken
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> node-mkdirp:
> ---
> ProblemType: Bug
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.4
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
> CrashDB: ubuntu
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> DistributionChannelDescriptor:
> # This is a distribution channel descriptor
> # For more information see
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
> canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-12 (1486 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary
> 20160624-10:47
> Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-91.102-generic 5.4.151
> RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
> Tags: hirsute dist-upgrade
> Uname: Linux 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip docker lpadmin plugdev pulse
> pulse-access root sambashare sudo video wireshark
> VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
>
> _MarkForUpload: True
>
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