Just experienced the same problem also while installing emacs (2a0a368ddcd9b4eed067ddc114f3fb18b13bbe14) with sudo checkinstall --fstrans=no.
The issue is that /lib -> usr/lib symlink is being replaced with a directory. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843937 Title: checkinstall makes the computer unbootable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkinstall/+bug/1843937/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs