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xemacs21 package

package xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: exit status 2 - update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/xemacs21 doesn't exist.

Bug #516883 reported by Bill Rainey on 2010-02-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #467446: update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/xemacs21 doesn't exist.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xemacs21 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xemacs21

Installing various xemacs components on a newly installed 9.10 system.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 3 17:55:52 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-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 2.6.31-17-generic i686

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Bill Rainey (brainey) wrote on 2010-02-04:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (87.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (361.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) on 2010-03-16

summary:

- package xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
- installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
+ package xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: exit status
+ 2 - update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/xemacs21
+ doesn't exist.