Bug#468202: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Amit Gurdasani <amitg@alumni.cmu.edu>]

I hit the same issue here. A purge and reinstall did not help. Then I 
noticed that the purge seemed to be spitting out


amitg@athena. sudo dpkg --force-depends --purge openoffice.org-writer2latex
dpkg: openoffice.org-writer2latex: dependency problems, but removing anyway 
as you request:
 openoffice.org-writer depends on openoffice.org-writer2latex.
(Reading database ... 240675 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing openoffice.org-writer2latex ...

ERROR: Lock file indicates that a concurrent Office process is running!

unopkg failed.

ERROR: Lock file indicates that a concurrent Office process is running!

unopkg failed.



and indeed, I had a ${HOME}/.openoffice.org2/.lock (but no OpenOffice.org 
process running, confirmed with "fuser"). Once I deleted that, I was able to 
purge and install successfully.

It sounds like unopkg needs a lesson in manners. It should check for active 
users of the lockfile before dying abruptly, and why can't it do its work 
when OpenOffice.org is running, anyway?

Amit