dpkg upgrade fails

[antonblanchard]

If HTX is already installed, an upgrade fails with:

# dpkg -i htxubuntu.deb 
(Reading database ... 59528 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack htxubuntu.deb ...
upgrade
preinst called with unknown argument `$1'
Unpacking htxubuntu (1.0) over (1.0) ...
upgrade
Setting up htxubuntu (1.0) ...
dpkg: error processing package htxubuntu (--install):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 htxubuntu

Removing, and reinstalling it works:

# sudo dpkg -P htxubuntu
(Reading database ... 59528 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing htxubuntu (1.0) ...
Purging configuration files for htxubuntu (1.0) ...
purge

# sudo dpkg -i htxubuntu.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package htxubuntu.
(Reading database ... 59161 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack htxubuntu.deb ...
Unpacking htxubuntu (1.0) ...
Setting up htxubuntu (1.0) ...

[mehuljpatel]

Current HTX deb package does not support upgrade, so underneath, it can uninstall and install. Should that be okay ? If user has any data kept, it will be deleted in the process of uninstall.