I am using Debian Jessie 8 and got some problems below when using update-alteranatives. I suspect something is wrong with my update-alternatives setting but not sure how to check or fix. Any suggestion ?
Installing clang $ sudo apt-get install clang Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: clang-3.5 libclang-common-3.5-dev libclang1-3.5 libobjc-4.9-dev Suggested packages: gnustep gnustep-devel clang-3.5-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: clang clang-3.5 libclang-common-3.5-dev libclang1-3.5 libobjc-4.9-dev 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/25.6 MB of archives. After this operation, 100 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Selecting previously unselected package libobjc-4.9-dev:amd64. (Reading database ... 315778 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libobjc-4.9-dev_4.9.2-10_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libobjc-4.9-dev:amd64 (4.9.2-10) ... Selecting previously unselected package libclang1-3.5:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libclang1-3.5_1%3a3.5-10_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libclang1-3.5:amd64 (1:3.5-10) ... Selecting previously unselected package libclang-common-3.5-dev. Preparing to unpack .../libclang-common-3.5-dev_1%3a3.5-10_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libclang-common-3.5-dev (1:3.5-10) ... Selecting previously unselected package clang-3.5. Preparing to unpack .../clang-3.5_1%3a3.5-10_amd64.deb ... Unpacking clang-3.5 (1:3.5-10) ... Selecting previously unselected package clang. Preparing to unpack .../clang_1%3a3.5-25_amd64.deb ... Unpacking clang (1:3.5-25) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ... Setting up libobjc-4.9-dev:amd64 (4.9.2-10) ... Setting up libclang1-3.5:amd64 (1:3.5-10) ... Setting up libclang-common-3.5-dev (1:3.5-10) ... Setting up clang-3.5 (1:3.5-10) ... Setting up clang (1:3.5-25) ... *update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/clang++ doesn't exist* <= Error here dpkg: error processing package clang (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: clang E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Same problem when installing ghc $ apt-get install ghc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: ghc-prof ghc-doc haskell-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: ghc 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/25.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 292 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package ghc. (Reading database ... 315968 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ghc_7.6.3-21_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ghc (7.6.3-21) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ... Setting up clang (1:3.5-25) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/clang++ doesn't exist dpkg: error processing package clang (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up ghc (7.6.3-21) ... *update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/runghc doesn't exist* <= Error here dpkg: error processing package ghc (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: clang ghc E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Vu
