This looks like a non-problem to me. Given the age of the bug let's assume this is not relevant any longer.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1102529 Title: package chromium-browser 23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: package chromium-browser is already installed and configured Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: when linux start ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: chromium-browser 23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 ChromiumPrefs: can't open profile /root/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences Date: Wed Jan 16 16:44:52 2013 Desktop-Session: DESKTOP_SESSION = None XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = None XDG_DATA_DIRS = None DiskUsage: b'Sys. fich. Type Taille Util. Dispo Uti% Mont\xc3\xa9 sur\n/dev/sda1 ext4 54G 15G 37G 29% /\nudev devtmpfs 743M 4,0K 743M 1% /dev\ntmpfs tmpfs 301M 776K 300M 1% /run\nnone tmpfs 5,0M 0 5,0M 0% /run/lock\nnone tmpfs 751M 76K 751M 1% /run/shm\nnone tmpfs 100M 44K 100M 1% /run/user\n' Inodes: b'Sys. fich. Inodes IUtil. ILibre IUti% Mont\xc3\xa9 sur\n/dev/sda1 3,5M 170K 3,3M 5% /\nudev 186K 473 186K 1% /dev\ntmpfs 188K 381 188K 1% /run\nnone 188K 3 188K 1% /run/lock\nnone 188K 4 188K 1% /run/shm\nnone 188K 22 188K 1% /run/user\n' Env: MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None ErrorMessage: package chromium-browser is already installed and configured InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2) SourcePackage: chromium-browser Title: package chromium-browser 23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: package chromium-browser is already installed and configured UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS="" gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'ubuntu-mono-dark\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Ambiance\n' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1102529/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp