One of my colleges had this problem with Karmic. Installing the package from proposed fixed it for him.
-- [MASTER] update-alternatives: error: alternative mpiexec can't be master: it is a slave of mpirun https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480455 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs