I have a similar issue while removing whoopsie within a preseed installation, so whoopsie will be removed before it is started the first time.
$ sudo apt purge whoopsie Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: whoopsie* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 227602 files and directories currently installed.) Purging configuration files for whoopsie (0.2.69) ... rm: cannot remove '/var/lib/whoopsie/whoopsie-id': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package whoopsie (--purge): installed whoopsie package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: whoopsie E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) As you can see, the post-removal script is missing the whoopsie-id file. After creating the dir and file, the post-removal script runs fine. Tested under Ubuntu focal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to whoopsie in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1099788 Title: I can't uninstall completely whoopsie Status in whoopsie package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: $ sudo aptitude -y purge whoopsie The following packages will be REMOVED: whoopsie{p} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. (Reading database ... 331880 files and directories currently installed.) Removing whoopsie ... Purging configuration files for whoopsie ... dpkg: error processing whoopsie (--purge): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: whoopsie E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: whoopsie (not installed) Uname: Linux 3.7.2-999-i7 x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 15 12:29:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-10 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64(20121023) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=es_ES:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: whoopsie UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whoopsie/+bug/1099788/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
