Looking at the bug again, I realize the weird problem: /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/ and the other missing directories are created by installing gnome-icon-theme. gnome-colors- common depends on gnome-icon-theme. So these directories have to exist. Therefore I mark this bug as invalid.
** Changed in: gnome-colors (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- package gnome-colors-common 5.5-1 failed to install/upgrade: podproces installed post-installation script returned error status 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496449 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