package timidity-daemon 2.13.2-39build1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127

Bug #841331 reported by Wiccy
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Bug Description

timidity initially failed when i tried to specify a custom soundfont in timidity.cfg - i uninstalled it (selected total removal) and tried to re-install - this is where the error comes.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: timidity-daemon 2.13.2-39build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 timidity-daemon: Remove
 timidity: Remove
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 4 15:29:36 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Removing timidity-daemon ...
 /etc/default/timidity: 24: source: not found
 invoke-rc.d: initscript timidity, action "stop" failed.
 dpkg: error processing timidity-daemon (--remove):
  subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: timidity
Title: package timidity-daemon 2.13.2-39build1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Wiccy (daniel-white11-talktalk) wrote :
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Wiccy (daniel-white11-talktalk) wrote :

after a little tinkering, i realised i had configured timidity wrong, after fixing the error and rebooting, timidity re-installed fine

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Geoffrey Thomas (geofft) wrote :

Out of curiosity, what was the misconfiguration here?

(It sounds like you had added the word "source" in /etc/default/timidity with some malformed syntax?)

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