Need to get 0 B/4,464 B of archives. After this operation, 16.4 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package pantheon-terminal. (Reading database ... 344254 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../pantheon-terminal_0.4.3+r1069+pkg51~daily~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking pantheon-terminal (0.4.3+r1069+pkg51~daily~ubuntu16.04.1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up pantheon-terminal (0.4.3+r1069+pkg51~daily~ubuntu16.04.1) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/io.elementary.terminal doesn't exist dpkg: error processing package pantheon-terminal (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: pantheon-terminal E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Having the same, have purged with apt, purged with dpkg, reconfigured and cleaned. Can't install– Dave MackintoshApr 11, 2018 at 8:01
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I solved it, this is what I did: 1. Remove the daily repository "sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:elementary-os/daily". 2. "apt-get update", 3. Remove pantheon-terminal and reinstalled it with apt-get. 4. apt-get upgrade. 5. Verify if another daily package is installed on the system, lucky for me it was just pantheon-terminal.– Ernesto AriasApr 12, 2018 at 4:57
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I tried all that, I'll just have to live without.– Dave MackintoshApr 16, 2018 at 7:56
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Dave make and apt-get update and apt-get upgrade after remove the daily repository.– Ernesto AriasApr 17, 2018 at 9:09
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What I did in the end was removed the daily PPA (I forgot it was a daily) and I added the stable channel for xenial (I'm on 17.10) and it installed perfectly fine.– Dave MackintoshApr 17, 2018 at 15:11
1 Answer
I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this in case more people see this issue. This answer is a bit haphazard.
The problem seems to be that the apt package doesn't have the file /usr/bin/io.elementary.terminal
in it anymore.
To check for yourself, install aptitude, and run this in another terminal program:
aptitude download pantheon-terminal
The file will be ~4kB. You can open it in archive manager to investigate further. Inside, in the data portion, there's only /usr/share/doc/and /usr/share/man/
This only seems to happen when on the daily elementary PPA, which I don't know how it would be configured that way in the first place.
As you point out in a comment, to fix it you will need to change your package source by removing the daily ppa and adding the stable one.
How to fix it:
You will need access to a terminal. You can press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to access one at tty1 (Alt-F7 to return to your desktop afterwards), or install another from App Centre.
First purge the pantheon-terminal files from your system:
sudo apt purge pantheon-terminal
Then remove the daily ppa like this:
sudo apt add-apt-repository --remove ppa:elementary-os/daily
Then add the stable repository to your sources:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/stable
Now you can update and install the terminal again:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pantheon-terminal
