update-alternatives: error: alternative path /lib/plymouth/themes/MIB-Ubuntu/MIB-Ubuntu.plymouth doesn't exist

Question

When I try to download some software from Ubuntu center or from Synaptic, I get package operation failed...

How to fix this?

edit:

I tried to install this game:

This is the details from the installation:

installArchives() failed: Selecting previously deselected package libbulletml0d2.
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 239257 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libbulletml0d2 (from .../libbulletml0d2_0.0.6-4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tumiki-fighters-data.
Unpacking tumiki-fighters-data (from .../tumiki-fighters-data_0.2.dfsg1-4_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tumiki-fighters.
Unpacking tumiki-fighters (from .../tumiki-fighters_0.2.dfsg1-4_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.UTF8.cache...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu (0.5.0-2) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /lib/plymouth/themes/MIB-Ubuntu/MIB-Ubuntu.plymouth doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up libbulletml0d2 (0.0.6-4) ...
Setting up tumiki-fighters-data (0.2.dfsg1-4) ...
Setting up tumiki-fighters (0.2.dfsg1-4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu
Setting up plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu (0.5.0-2) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /lib/plymouth/themes/MIB-Ubuntu/MIB-Ubuntu.plymouth doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Solution 1

This will work, at least for me:

sudo apt-get --purge remove plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu

If not, try this:

sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu

After that, you can re-install it with:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu

And make sure all package are fine with this check:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

I currently using Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS, with Kernel 2.6.38.

Solution 2

Not a guarantee to work, but this is worth a shot; drop a shell Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get -f install

This will attempt to fix any package dependencies after the failure of a given package. Has bailed me out about 90% of the time.

Comments

[Michael Gundlach]

What happens when you press "Details" Could you edit your post to include the output from it?

[kvizii]

@Marco Ceppi I added the "details" from the installation...

[Thomas Ward]

Looks like Plymouth isnt working right, or the theme that is being used doesnt exist. Sounds like a glitch in plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu

[kvizii]

And the fix for this is... ?