Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

1) Ubuntu Release

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    Description:        Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
     Release:   10.04
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2) The package version
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r...@eeva-walle:/usr/bin# apt-cache policy firefox-gnome-support
firefox-gnome-support:
  Installed: 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  Candidate: 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

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3) The package should have been installed.

4) The package is not getting installed.


5) Detailed error.

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E: firefox: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 2
E: firefox-gnome-support: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: firefox-3.5-gnome-support: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

(Reading database ... 214831 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libpng12-dev 1.2.42-1ubuntu2 (using 
.../libpng12-dev_1.2.42-1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libpng12-dev ...
Preparing to replace libpng12-0 1.2.42-1ubuntu2 (using 
.../libpng12-0_1.2.42-1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libpng12-0 ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Setting up firefox (3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-gnome-support:
 firefox-gnome-support depends on firefox (= 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1); 
however:
  Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-gnome-support (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-3.5-gnome-support:
 firefox-3.5-gnome-support depends on firefox-gnome-support; however:
  Package firefox-gnome-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-3.5-gnome-support (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libpng12-0 (1.2.42-1ubuntu2.1) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup 
error from a previous failure.
                          No apport report written because the error message 
indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.

Setting up libpng12-dev (1.2.42-1ubuntu2.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firefox
 firefox-gnome-support
 firefox-3.5-gnome-support
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up firefox (3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-gnome-support:
 firefox-gnome-support depends on firefox (= 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1); 
however:
  Package firefox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-gnome-support (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of firefox-3.5-gnome-support:
 firefox-3.5-gnome-support depends on firefox-gnome-support; however:
  Package firefox-gnome-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing firefox-3.5-gnome-support (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firefox
 firefox-gnome-support
 firefox-3.5-gnome-support

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Note: I think that i searched bugs before logging but not sure if i have missed 
it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul  9 12:09:56 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-branding 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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Unable to install firefox-gnome-support package
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