package firefox 107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: new firefox package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1998050 reported by Jean-Pierre Stierlin
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Bug Description

Here's the apt upgrade output:

me@host:~$ sudo apt install firefox
[sudo] password for me:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 xul-ext-ubufox
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be upgraded:
  firefox
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/72.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 210 MB disk space will be freed.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 221702 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../firefox_1%3a1snap1-0ubuntu2_arm64.deb ...
=> Installing the firefox snap
==> Checking connectivity with the snap store
==> Installing the firefox snap
error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Run hook connect-plug-host-hunspell of snap "firefox" (run hook "connect-plug-host-hunspell": cannot perform operation: mount --bind /snap/core20/current/etc/nsswitch.conf /tmp/s
nap.rootfs_yMyxE3/etc/nsswitch.conf: Permission denied)
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_1%3a1snap1-0ubuntu2_arm64.deb (--unpack):
 new firefox package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Please restart all running instances of firefox, or you will experience problems.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_1%3a1snap1-0ubuntu2_arm64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: firefox 107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Uname: Linux 4.9.333-86 aarch64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.25
Architecture: arm64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: lightdm 3473 F.... pulseaudio
                      chombier 3649 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20221110173214
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Channel: Unavailable
Date: Sun Nov 27 13:34:58 2022
ErrorMessage: new firefox package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # ifupdown has been replaced by netplan(5) on this system. See
 # /etc/netplan for current configuration.
 # To re-enable ifupdown on this system, you can run:
 # sudo apt install ifupdown
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto dhcp metric 100
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.49 metric 100
Lspci:

NoProfiles: True
PciNetwork:

PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
 apt 2.4.8
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
Title: package firefox 107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: new firefox package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-11-27 (0 days ago)

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Jean-Pierre Stierlin (chombier06) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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