package update-notifier-common 0.126 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Cody Wilson]

error when trying to install adobe flash player

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: update-notifier-common 0.126
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 25 15:36:40 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-notifier
Title: package update-notifier-common 0.126 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

From DpkgTerminalLog.txt:

Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ...^M
Traceback (most recent call last):^M
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 22, in <module>^M
    import subprocess^M
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 429, in <module>^M
    import select^M
ImportError: No module named select^M
dpkg: error processing update-notifier-common (--unpack):^M
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1^M

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner.

Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) reached end-of-life on May 16, 2014.

I'm setting the status of this bug to 'Incomplete' as it's not seen any activity for some time. If this is still an issue when using a currently maintained release of Ubuntu then please let us know which one(s) otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for update-notifier (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]