The postinstall script wasn't triggered by your install. You can run these commands manually to complete the install of autohosts and see if a more specific error appears:

sudo /var/lib/dpkg/info/autohosts.postinst

Did you remove old versions prior to installing, or is this a fresh install?

grep "VERSION=" /usr/local/bin/autohosts
grep: /usr/local/bin/autohosts: No such file or directory

Oops, this is something in the readme I forgot to update when v2.0 was released. Will fix.

Also, is it possible to alter which version of Steven Black's hosts file is used?

Totally.

nano /usr/bin/autohosts

Find:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts -O /etc/hosts

And change https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts to the branch/version you want to use.

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Hi,
Thanks fot the reply. It's a new install. I've made the changes you suggested and the error has disappeared.
Cheers!

Also I like your comment:

hosts file curators: please keep your echo chambers to yourselves

hosts files are for adblocking, trackers and malware ONLY, not because you don't like shitposting sites (may as well ban reddit, too!)

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Awesome, glad it worked!!

Not sure why you had issues in the first place, but when I have free time I'll fire up a Mint install and see if there's something different about how they extract the deb. Most likely, it's how I packaged it that caused the issue.

Glad you like the dig at the censorship brigade! 😄

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Finally got a chance to run some tests on this - the bugs should be worked out of the latest installer!

If you attempt to install over v2.0.0 and/or purge the existing install, you may still run into this bug.
If you do, you can clear it so apt can do a successful install or removal:

sudo echo "" > /var/lib/dpkg/info/autohosts.postrm

The new version also has a new whitelist capability, so give it a run when you can!

(Be sure to back up ~/autohosts before upgrading!)

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