Feisty package; install fails (/boot/System.map-player)
Bug #84877 reported by
Dave Walker
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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vmware-player (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: vmware-player
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up vmware-
FATAL: Could not open '/boot/
FIX: sudo ln -s /boot/System.
Changed in vmware-player: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in vmware-player: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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I can confirm this bug.
Output from apt-get dist-upgrade:
Reading package lists... Done player- kernel- modules- 2.6.20- 8 (2.6.20.2-8.6) ... System. map-player' : No such file or directory player- kernel- modules- 2.6.20- 8 (--configure): player- kernel- modules: player- kernel- modules depends on vmware- player- kernel- modules- 2.6.20- 8; however: player- kernel- modules- 2.6.20- 8 is not configured yet. player- kernel- modules (--configure): player- kernel- modules- 2.6.20- 8 player- kernel- modules
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up vmware-
FATAL: Could not open '/boot/
dpkg: error processing vmware-
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vmware-
vmware-
Package vmware-
dpkg: error processing vmware-
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
vmware-
vmware-
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)