[Bug 1712735] Re: package open-vm-tools-desktop (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script pre-removal installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 5

[Bryce Harrington]

In a bionic LXC container, I get an error message on install but it
seems to complete, and uninstallation works without issue:

triage-bionic+18.04:~$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop
...
Setting up libgtkmm-3.0-1v5:amd64 (3.22.2-2) ...
Setting up open-vm-tools-desktop (2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
modprobe: FATAL: Module fuse not found in directory /lib/modules/5.4.0-100-generic
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount → /lib/systemd/system/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1.4) ...
triage-bionic+18.04:~$ sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libegl-mesa0 libegl1 libegl1-mesa libgbm1 libglibmm-2.4-1v5
  libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libsasl2-modules libsigc++-2.0-0v5 libwayland-server0 libxatracker2
  libxcb-xfixes0 python3-debconf xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  open-vm-tools-desktop
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 118 not upgraded.
After this operation, 509 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
(Reading database ... 98729 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing open-vm-tools-desktop (2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
triage-bionic+18.04:~$ 

I notice there are older bug reports about installation failures caught
by apport, but none affecting bionic or newer.  Since this is filed
against a version of Ubuntu no longer actively supported, I'm going to
close this report out.  If the issue still presents itself on newer
Ubuntu's please file a new bug report with the corresponding log and
config files.

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Title:
  package open-vm-tools-desktop (not installed) failed to
  install/upgrade: le sous-processus script pre-removal installé a
  retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 5

Status in debhelper package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in open-vm-tools package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Test Case:
  1. Install open-vm-tools-desktop
  2. Uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop

  (Lecture de la base de données... 311688 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
  Suppression de open-vm-tools-desktop (2:10.1.10-1) ...
  Failed to stop run-vmblockx2dfuse.mount: Unit run-vmblockx2dfuse.mount not loaded.
  dpkg: erreur de traitement du paquet open-vm-tools-desktop (--remove) :
   le sous-processus script pre-removal installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 5

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: open-vm-tools-desktop (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5
  Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 23 09:58:14 2017
  ErrorMessage: le sous-processus script pre-removal installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 5
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-03 (1450 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902)
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.2, python3-minimal, 3.6.1-0ubuntu3
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.13, python-minimal, 2.7.13-2
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
   apt  1.5~beta1
  SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
  Title: package open-vm-tools-desktop (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script pre-removal installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 5
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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