package phpmyadmin 4:3.2.2.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: ln: creating symbolic link '/etc/avahi/services/phpmyadmin.service': File exists

I don't see how this can happen as the postinst first checks whether that file exists and if it does not it symlinks it....

What I did was deleting the /etc/phpmysql folder and run apt-get install
phpmyadmin.

After this I tried to run apt-get remove phpmyadmin and delete the file
mentioned the the error, but I got the same problem when installing
phpmyadmin again. The remove script run OK though.

I don't know much about deb files. How can I see the scripts the installer
runs when installing, configuring and removing? Are they bash scripts? I
like to documentation about this would be enlighten me.

2010/1/25 Michal Čihař <email address hidden>

> I don't see how this can happen as the postinst first checks whether
> that file exists and if it does not it symlinks it....
>
> --
> package phpmyadmin 4:3.2.2.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: ln: creating
> symbolic link '/etc/avahi/services/phpmyadmin.service': File exists
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512246
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> Status in “phpmyadmin” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: phpmyadmin
>
> I tried installing phpmysql in a system where it had already been installed
> and deinstalled. I choose to override one config files with the ones from
> the package maintainer, but then it crashed.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> AptOrdering:
> phpmyadmin: Install
> phpmyadmin: Configure
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Jan 25 10:34:07 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> ErrorMessage: underproces installed post-installation script returnerede
> afslutningsstatus 1
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
> Package: phpmyadmin 4:3.2.2.1-1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
> SourcePackage: phpmyadmin
> Title: package phpmyadmin 4:3.2.2.1-1 failed to install/upgrade:
> underproces installed post-installation script returnerede afslutningsstatus
> 1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64
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Fixed in package svn repository, will be fixed in next release.