Comment 7 for bug 807347

Thanks a lot your fix worked for me too.

> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:10:09 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Bug 807347] Re: 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
>
> I actually managed to install fglrx today.
> A thread in the oneiric forum adviced to install gstreamer codecs before
> installing fglrx. I used Synaptic to install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg and
> then fglrx.
> This seems very odd, but fglrx is now working.
>
> On 07/11/2011 02:26 PM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote:
> > ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Oneiric)
> > Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical X.org (canonical-x)
> >
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/807347
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> Title:
> 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
>
> Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “fglrx-installer” source package in Oneiric:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> 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:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> 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)
> 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
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fglrx-amdcccle:
> fglrx-amdcccle depends on fglrx; however:
> Package fglrx is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing fglrx-amdcccle (--configure):
> 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
> 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
> 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)
>
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