I now have LIRC compiled with the iguanaIR driver, but the LIRC install is still broken. Without the symlink fix, I get the ls error. With it, I still get
Errors were encountered while processing: lirc I've tried apt-get clean, dpkg --configure -a and apt-get install -f, none fix the broken lirc install. It's a real pain since it won't let me install anything else. For example: htpc@htpc:~$ sudo apt-get install samba-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done samba-common is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up lirc (0.9.0-0ubuntu1) ... dpkg: error processing lirc (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 20 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: lirc E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I'm pretty much a linux noob, and have no idea why a broken install of one package affects everything else. The only bright side is my IR blaster works again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004239 Title: lirc installation error in Ubuntu 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1004239/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs