[nvidia] package nvidia-glx-new 169.07+2.6.24.4-4.11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2

It claims that you don't have /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1 -file on your system. What does 'ls -l /usr/lib32/libGL*' on a terminal show?

hardaway@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /usr/lib32/libGL*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 21 15:47 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.169.07
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 663352 Jan 21 10:52 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.169.07
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 21 15:47 /usr/lib32/libGLcore.so.1 -> libGLcore.so.169.07
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11194360 Jan 21 10:52 /usr/lib32/libGLcore.so.169.07
hardaway@ubuntu:~$

I am having the same problem I was trying to remove nvidia-glx-new from the terminal and received the same error. Output from the "ls -l /usr/lib32/libGL*" command is the same as don hardaway's above. There seems to be some interesting errors with nvidia drivers or possible the restricted modules in general. One other issue not sure if it is relevant or not but I installed the restricted driver manager and when I ran it a message displayed that there was no hard ware found. In past releases enabling the nvidia card was done with the restricted driver manager. This was a fresh install as well.

If anyone needs some more specific information feel free to ask

Did you use envy or other 3rd party packages? I'm unable to reproduce this.

No -- just synaptic.

I have run all updates and package downloads using apt-get and received the same error.

Run 'grep libGL /var/lib/dpkg/diversions', what does it show? I'm soon out of ideas why this happens, since I can't reproduce it...

Timo: Thanks for looking into the problem but I just booted my Ubuntu machine and ran an update. Seems like the latest restricted modules and nvidia driver fixed the problem. Just for reference I submitted the results of 'grep libGL /var/lib/dpkg/diversions'. Hopefully someone might be able to submit a similar output pre upgrade for a compairison.

sipper@Brick:~$ grep libGL /var/lib/dpkg/diversions
/usr/lib32/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib32/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa
/usr/lib32/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib32/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libGLcore.so
/usr/lib/nvidia/libGLcore.so.xlibmesa
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa

i'm having the exact same problem and output as posted above, the last updates haven't fixed it for me unfortunately.

this on a dell xps m1330 (nvidia 8400gs) on 64bit, hardy package nor nvidia binary give errors on installing, but both fail to load X. hardy package refuses to be uninstalled.

any additional information or output you want me to provide?

p.s., i tried purging all the restricted modules, created a dummy libGL to purge nvidia-glx-new and started with a clean slate: same end result.

i just discovered that removing restricted-modules with aptitude, which autoremoves nvidia-glx-new too, doesn't throw the libGL.so.1 error. it is solely given when trying to remove only nvidia-glx-new.

don't know if it's useful information, but wanted to share just in case. ;-)

aptitude install nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-glx-new

fixed the problem for me