<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> I already tried the apt-get install -f and it doesn`t produce the desired output. The sudo /var/lib/dpkg/info/firefox.postinst configure results in the following output: update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-www-browser corrupt: line not terminated while trying to read status What am I to make of this output? Dave <div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:42:16 +0100 > From: lists@avi.co > To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Update Problems > > Liam Proven wrote: > > Try > > > > sudo apt-get install -f > > Worth trying as it is, this isn't all that likely to help. The problem > that started this is in this error message: > > > > E: firefox: subprocess installed post-installation script returned > > > error exit status 2 > > Which means that dpkg opened up the firefox package, installed it then > ran the post-install script which failed. And unfortunately there's no > way of getting any more information than that out of dpkg. > > You can try manually running the postinst script to see if it produces > any useful output. If, in a terminal, you do > > sudo /var/lib/dpkg/info/firefox.postinst configure > > you'll replicate what apt tried to do, and perhaps see some useful > output. Checking the Iceweasel equivalent on my machine here, it > doesn't seem to do anything particularly hard or complex, so I'm not > sure how or why it'd fail like that. Do be aware, though, that you're > running a script as root here - you might want to read through the > script first to make sure it's not going to do anything you don't want > it to. > > -- > Avi > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </div> </div></body> </html>