Yes, that has worked for me too, in this and previous upgrades. In my case, the origin of the problem was the ubuntuzilla installation I made long time ago, and that I have not been able to completely uninstall since the first time I experienced this problem with a firefox upgrade. Any idea on how to find the ubuntuzilla remains and get rid of them? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
-----Original Message----- From: NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net> Sender: boun...@canonical.com Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:51:10 To: <aalma...@yahoo.com> Reply-To: Bug 512937 <512...@bugs.launchpad.net> Subject: [Bug 512937] Re: [MASTER] package firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist. Ran into the issue again with updating to FF 3.6.6. Setting up firefox (3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist. dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 The problem is from the previous symlinks: $ ls -al /usr/bin/firefox lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-04-27 12:09 /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3/firefox.sh and $ ls -al firefox.ubuntu lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-06-29 20:35 firefox.ubuntu -> ../lib/firefox-3.6.6/firefox.sh So I rm'ed /usr/bin/firefox and $ sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu /usr/bin/firefox $ ls -al fire* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-06-29 20:35 firefox -> ../lib/firefox-3.6.6/firefox.sh Following that the upgrade to 3.6.6. worked. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100628 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.6 -- [MASTER] package firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512937 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox Upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04. Setting up firefox (3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist. dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Jan 26 13:53:12 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic SourcePackage: firefox Title: package firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686 To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/512937/+subscribe -- [MASTER] package firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs