Comment 13 for bug 807347

On 07/19/2011 06:27 AM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> @Alberto, assigning to you; it looks like a pretty straightforward
> packaging bug. Just need to make sure /usr/lib/dri exists.
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - package fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: update-alternatives: error: unable to make /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/x86_64-linux-gnu_fglrx_dri: No such file or directory
> + package fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade due to missing /usr/lib/dri
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> + [Problem]
> + The /usr/lib/dri directory was not present, so fglrx failed to install. Simply running "sudo mkdir /usr/lib/dri" fixed this problem for me. Installing gstreamer apparently also causes the directory to be created so installing gstreamer first will allow avoiding the problem.
> +
> +
> + [Original Report]
> Tried to install fglrx earlier, but this did not succeed. Rebooted and installed mesa-utils, but this did not succeed either. Got this log in the terminal:
> The program 'glxinfo' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
> sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
> p-i@pi-MS-7125-oneiric-alpha2:~$ sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
> - [sudo] password for p-i:
> + [sudo] password for p-i:
> Reading package lists... Done
> - Building dependency tree
> + Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> - mesa-utils
> + mesa-utils
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 2 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 30.3 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 152 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe mesa-utils amd64 8.0.1+git20110129+d8f7d6b-0ubuntu2 [30.3 kB]
> - Fetched 30.3 kB in 0s (72.0 kB/s)
> + Fetched 30.3 kB in 0s (72.0 kB/s)
> Selecting previously deselected package mesa-utils.
> (Reading database ... 126439 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking mesa-utils (from .../mesa-utils_8.0.1+git20110129+d8f7d6b-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Setting up fglrx (2:8.861-0ubuntu2) ...
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: error: unable to make /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/x86_64-linux-gnu_fglrx_dri: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing fglrx (--configure):
> - subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> + subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fglrx-amdcccle:
> - fglrx-amdcccle depends on fglrx; however:
> - Package fglrx is not configured yet.
> + fglrx-amdcccle depends on fglrx; however:
> + Package fglrx is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing fglrx-amdcccle (--configure):
> - dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> + dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Setting up mesa-utils (8.0.1+git20110129+d8f7d6b-0ubuntu2) ...
> No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
> - Errors were encountered while processing:
> - fglrx
> - fglrx-amdcccle
> + Errors were encountered while processing:
> + fglrx
> + fglrx-amdcccle
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> p-i@pi-MS-7125-oneiric-alpha2:~$
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5
> Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64
> AptOrdering:
> - mesa-utils: Install
> - fglrx: Configure
> - fglrx-amdcccle: Configure
> - mesa-utils: Configure
> + mesa-utils: Install
> + fglrx: Configure
> + fglrx-amdcccle: Configure
> + mesa-utils: Configure
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Fri Jul 8 06:52:14 2011
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
> SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
> Title: package fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Oneiric)
> Assignee: Canonical X.org (canonical-x) => Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
>
> ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Oneiric)
> Status: Confirmed => Triaged
>
> yes that workeked thank you Aberto