plymouth (ubuntu) plymouth-set-default-theme not installed

[Scott Lavender]

Binary package hint: plymouth

When trying to install ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme (and xubuntu-plymouth-theme and lubuntu-plymouth-theme) the install fails because plymouth-set-defaults-theme is not installed. Even from terminal the error message is:

scott@studio-beta1:~$ plymouth-set-default-theme
The program 'plymouth-set-default-theme' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install plymouth

But plymouth is already installed and updated to latest version 0.8.1-1ubuntu1.

Yesterday I ran into the same problem using an older version of plymouth but I was aware that a similar bug was reported (and a fix released) and made sure to upgrade. I even deleted the beta1 partition and reinstalled just to make sure it worked (or didn't).

So, just to recap:
1. Installed beta1 yesterday
2. tried to install ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme (wanted to verify it worked because I am the one who added it to ubuntustudio-look)
3. was told that plymouth-set-default-theme is not installed
4. checked and plymouth was indeed installed
5. tried to install xubuntu-plymouth-theme and lubuntu-plymouth-theme, had the same problem as noted in #3
6. after reading bug reports I updated to plymouth-0.8.1-1ubuntu1
7. tried to install plymouth themes (ubuntustudio, xubuntu, and lubuntu) again which yielded same problem
8. deleted Ubuntu Studio beta1 partition
9. reinstalled Ubuntu Studio beta1
10. using synaptic I made sure to refresh sources and then installed latest plymouth (0.8.1-1ubuntu1)
11. using update manager refreshed sources and installed all updates
12. ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme didn't installed automatically when ubuntustudio-theme updated (hmmm, I'll look into that one, but it should be a side issue)
13. used synaptic to install ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme
14. installation borked and plymouth-set-default-theme not installed still
15. tried and failed with xubuntu-plymouth-theme and lubuntu-plymouth-theme as well

Note: Bug #549285 is reported against ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme but I believe it should be against plymouth as well.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme 0.38
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme: Install
 ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 27 12:03:59 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100317)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntustudio-look
Title: package ubuntustudio-plymouth-theme 0.38 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

plymouth-set-default-theme is removed intentionally. The other themes packages need to be updated to use alternatives instead of trying to call this command.