package xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[zoltan]

Binary package hint: xemacs21

I hope you will find all the needed information below. As you can see, from the second try, everything worked fine (at least it seems so).

Best Luck,
zoltan

tz@zeppelin:~$ sudo apt-get install xemacs21-gnome-mule
[sudo] password for tz:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  emacsen-common libcompfaceg1 xemacs21 xemacs21-basesupport xemacs21-bin xemacs21-mule xemacs21-mulesupport xemacs21-support
Suggested packages:
  xemacs21-supportel
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  emacsen-common libcompfaceg1 xemacs21 xemacs21-basesupport xemacs21-bin xemacs21-gnome-mule xemacs21-mule xemacs21-mulesupport xemacs21-support
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 36.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 117MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main emacsen-common 1.4.19 [18.9kB]
Get:2 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe libcompfaceg1 1:1.5.2-4 [14.3kB]
Get:3 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe xemacs21-support 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 [4,608kB]
Get:4 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe xemacs21-bin 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 [516kB]
Get:5 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe xemacs21-mulesupport 2009.02.17-1 [4,471kB]
Get:6 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe xemacs21-basesupport 2009.02.17-1 [24.5MB]
Get:7 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe xemacs21-mule 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 [2,270kB]
Get:8 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 [16.1kB]
Get:9 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe xemacs21-gnome-mule 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 [936B]
Fetched 36.4MB in 20s (1,807kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package emacsen-common.
(Reading database ... 139056 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking emacsen-common (from .../emacsen-common_1.4.19_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libcompfaceg1.
Unpacking libcompfaceg1 (from .../libcompfaceg1_1%3a1.5.2-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-support.
Unpacking xemacs21-support (from .../xemacs21-support_21.4.22-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-bin.
Unpacking xemacs21-bin (from .../xemacs21-bin_21.4.22-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-mulesupport.
Unpacking xemacs21-mulesupport (from .../xemacs21-mulesupport_2009.02.17-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-basesupport.
Unpacking xemacs21-basesupport (from .../xemacs21-basesupport_2009.02.17-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-mule.
Unpacking xemacs21-mule (from .../xemacs21-mule_21.4.22-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21.
Unpacking xemacs21 (from .../xemacs21_21.4.22-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-gnome-mule.
Unpacking xemacs21-gnome-mule (from .../xemacs21-gnome-mule_21.4.22-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/ispell.info.gz'
install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/xemacs21/emodules.info.gz'
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.19) ...
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
Ignoring install-info called from maintainer script
The package emacsen-common should be rebuild with new debhelper to get trigger support

Setting up libcompfaceg1 (1:1.5.2-4) ...

Setting up xemacs21-mulesupport (2009.02.17-1) ...
Setting up xemacs21-basesupport (2009.02.17-1) ...
Setting up xemacs21 (21.4.22-2ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/xemacs21 doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing xemacs21 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up xemacs21-support (21.4.22-2ubuntu1) ...
Ignoring install-info called from maintainer script
The package xemacs21-support should be rebuild with new debhelper to get trigger support

Setting up xemacs21-bin (21.4.22-2ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.22/x86_64-linux-gnu/movemail to provide /usr/bin/movemail (movemail) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.22/x86_64-linux-gnu/mmencode to provide /usr/bin/mmencode (mmencode) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/b2m.xemacs21 to provide /usr/bin/b2m (b2m) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/etags.xemacs21 to provide /usr/bin/etags (etags) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gnuclient.xemacs21 to provide /usr/bin/gnuclient (gnuclient) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gnuattach.xemacs21 to provide /usr/bin/gnuattach (gnuattach) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gnudoit.xemacs21 to provide /usr/bin/gnudoit (gnudoit) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/rcs-checkin.xemacs21 to provide /usr/bin/rcs-checkin (rcs-checkin) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ellcc.xemacs21 to provide /usr/bin/ellcc (ellcc) in auto mode.

Setting up xemacs21-mule (21.4.22-2ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/xemacs21-mule to provide /usr/bin/xemacs21 (xemacs21) in auto mode.
emacs-install xemacs21
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour xemacs21
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.elc
Done
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor xemacs21
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for xemacs21
Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup...
Loading 00debian...
Loading site-start...
Loading 00debian-vars...
No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
Loading 50dictionaries-common...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el...
Loading 50psvn...
Compiling /etc/xemacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el...
Wrote /etc/xemacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
Done

Setting up xemacs21-gnome-mule (21.4.22-2ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xemacs21
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
tz@zeppelin:~$ sudo apt-get install xemacs21-gnome-mule
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xemacs21-gnome-mule is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up xemacs21 (21.4.22-2ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/xemacs21 to provide /usr/bin/xemacs (xemacs) in auto mode.

tz@zeppelin:~$ sudo apt-get install xemacs21-gnome-mule
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xemacs21-gnome-mule is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 30 18:00:59 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
SourcePackage: xemacs21
Title: package xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64