Bug#631584: update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/glx corrupt: duplicate slave link /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1

[YunQiang Su]

Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Version: 275.09.07-3
Severity: grave

syq at syq-laptop> sudo apt-get install -f

             ~
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up glx-alternative-mesa (0.1) ...
Processing triggers for glx-alternative-mesa ...
update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/glx corrupt:
duplicate slave link /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1
dpkg: error processing glx-alternative-mesa (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of glx-alternative-nvidia:
 glx-alternative-nvidia depends on glx-alternative-mesa; however:
  Package glx-alternative-mesa is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing glx-alternative-nvidia (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-alternative:
 nvidia-alternative depends on glx-alternative-nvidia (>= 0.0.1~); however:
  Package glx-alternative-nvidia is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-alternative (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgl1-nvidia-glx:
 libgl1-nvidia-glx depends on nvidia-alternative; however:
  Package nvidia-alternative is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgl1-nvidia-glx (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving uconfigured to not write apport reports

configured to not write apport reports

                                     configured to not write apport
reports


    configured to not write apport reports
                           configured to not write apport reports

configured to not write apport reports

                                nconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-nvidia:
 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia depends on libgl1-nvidia-glx (=
275.09.07-3); however:
  Package libgl1-nvidia-glx is not configured yet.
 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia depends on nvidia-alternative (=
275.09.07-3); however:
  Package nvidia-alternative is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-glx:
 nvidia-glx depends on libgl1-nvidia-glx (= 275.09.07-3); however:
  Package libgl1-nvidia-glx is not configured yet.
 nvidia-glx depends on xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (= 275.09.07-3); however:
  Package xserver-xorg-video-nvidia is not configured yet.
 nvidia-glx depends on nvidia-alternative (= 275.09.07-3); however:
  Package nvidia-alternative is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 glx-alternative-mesa
 glx-alternative-nvidia
 nvidia-alternative
 libgl1-nvidia-glx
 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
 nvidia-glx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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YunQiang Su