Installing from .deb reports errors if not under KDE

[csmith]

Running Linux Mint with Cinnamon:

(Reading database ... 200866 files and directories currently installed.) 
Preparing to replace dmdirc 0.7+0.7-410-gab32c27-1 (using .../dmdirc_0.7+0.7-446-g9cbb289-1_all.deb) ... 
Unpacking replacement dmdirc ... 
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... 
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... 
Setting up dmdirc (0.7+0.7-446-g9cbb289-1) ... 
update-alternatives: error: error creating symbolic link `/usr/share/services/irc.protocol.dpkg-tmp': No such file or directory

Dataforce: hmm, no /usr/share/services/ dir ?
MD87: Nup
Dataforce: Seems broken!
Dataforce: (or not running KDE I guess)