Originally Posted by Estel

marxian, it's impossible to reinstall or remove cutetube version 1.4.4 (from openin post, *not* repos), using normal way. When trying to remove, following error appear:

Code:

Removing cutetube ...
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program /opt/cutetube/bin/cutetubeevents: Success
dpkg: error processing cutetube (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cutetube
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

When trying to reinstall:

Code:

Preparing to replace cutetube 1.4.4 (using .../cutetube_1.4.4_armel.deb) ...
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program /opt/cutetube/bin/cutetubeevents: Success
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program /opt/cutetube/bin/cutetubeevents: Success
dpkg: error processing /home/user/MyDocs/cutetube_1.4.4_armel.deb (--install):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/user/MyDocs/cutetube_1.4.4_armel.deb

It seems, that pre-removal script is broken.

/Estel