Pretty much a repeat of Vetsin's comment but I did "dpkg --purge", to remove it completely first. Code: /home/user # dpkg -l | grep useragent /home/user # dpkg -i useragenttool_1.1.0_armel.deb Selecting previously deselected package useragenttool. (Reading database ... 60183 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking useragenttool (from useragenttool_1.1.0_armel.deb) ... Setting up useragenttool (1.1.0) ... chown: invalid option -- f BusyBox v1.20.2 (Debian 1.20.2power5) multi-call binary. Usage: chown [-RhLHP]... OWNER[<.|:>[GROUP]] FILE... Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP -R Recurse -h Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets -L Traverse all symlinks to directories -H Traverse symlinks on command line only -P Don't traverse symlinks (default) dpkg: error processing useragenttool (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: useragenttool /home/user # Why does user agent tool need to use chown, when other programmes don't?
/home/user # dpkg -l | grep useragent /home/user # dpkg -i useragenttool_1.1.0_armel.deb Selecting previously deselected package useragenttool. (Reading database ... 60183 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking useragenttool (from useragenttool_1.1.0_armel.deb) ... Setting up useragenttool (1.1.0) ... chown: invalid option -- f BusyBox v1.20.2 (Debian 1.20.2power5) multi-call binary. Usage: chown [-RhLHP]... OWNER[<.|:>[GROUP]] FILE... Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP -R Recurse -h Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets -L Traverse all symlinks to directories -H Traverse symlinks on command line only -P Don't traverse symlinks (default) dpkg: error processing useragenttool (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: useragenttool /home/user #