[10.04] Update returning errors

[mazikowski]

This problem started with a standard software update on my 10.04 box. The packages gnome-terminal, xulrunner-1.9.2 and libgluezilla return errors and show up as not fully installed.

Each time apt-get (or the graphical updater) is used, I get the following messages at the end of the output:



Setting up gnome-terminal (2.30.2-0ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator corrupt: invalid status
dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up xulrunner-1.9.2 (1.9.2.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/xulrunner corrupt: invalid status
dpkg: error processing xulrunner-1.9.2 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgluezilla:
libgluezilla depends on xulrunner-1.9.2; however:
Package xulrunner-1.9.2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgluezilla (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome-terminal
xulrunner-1.9.2
libgluezilla
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I have tried running sudo aptitude reinstall on all three and it doesn't do any good. Can anyone give me some suggestions about how to resolve this?

[KiLaHuRtZ]

Dependency errors, have you tried updating your repositories?


sudo apt-get update

[mazikowski]

Yes, I got that message after running


$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade


I also see it any time I install any other package using apt.

[mazikowski]

Anybody?

[mazikowski]

When the Update Manager completes, I am also receiving the following messages (related to the afore mentioned installation failures):



E: gnome-terminal: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
E: xulrunner-1.9.2: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
E: libgluezilla: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[mazikowski]

I'm still getting the same issues but cannot figure out why.

Most recently, I received these errors:


Setting up gnome-terminal (2.30.2-0ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator corrupt: invalid status
dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up xulrunner-1.9.2 (1.9.2.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/xulrunner corrupt: invalid status
dpkg: error processing xulrunner-1.9.2 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgluezilla:
libgluezilla depends on xulrunner-1.9.2; however:
Package xulrunner-1.9.2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgluezilla (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea6-plugin:
icedtea6-plugin depends on xulrunner-1.9.2; however:
Package xulrunner-1.9.2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing icedtea6-plugin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome-terminal
xulrunner-1.9.2
libgluezilla
icedtea6-plugin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


From what I can tell, libgluezilla and icedtea6-plugin cannot install because xulrunner-1.9.2 isn't installing. This package isn't installing due to this error: "update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/xulrunner corrupt: invalid status", similar to gnome-terminal.

Can anyone suggest how to fix this?