diff -Nur a/libopkg/opkg_download.c b/libopkg/opkg_download.c
--- a/libopkg/opkg_download.c	2015-12-02 22:56:43.000000000 +0100
+++ b/libopkg/opkg_download.c	2016-09-18 03:03:02.756358900 +0200
@@ -462,6 +462,6 @@
         return opkg_prepare_file_for_install(url, namep);
 
     /* Can't find anything matching the requested URL. */
-    opkg_msg(ERROR, "Couldn't find anything to satisfy '%s'.\n", url);
-    return -1;
+    opkg_msg(NOTICE, "Couldn't find anything to satisfy '%s'.\n", url);
+    return 0;
 }
diff -Nur a/libopkg/opkg_install.c b/libopkg/opkg_install.c
--- a/libopkg/opkg_install.c	2015-12-02 22:56:43.000000000 +0100
+++ b/libopkg/opkg_install.c	2016-09-18 03:51:38.415125000 +0200
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@
     err = pkg_run_script(old_pkg, "prerm", script_args);
     free(script_args);
     if (err != 0) {
-        opkg_msg(ERROR, "prerm script for package \"%s\" failed\n",
+        opkg_msg(NOTICE, "prerm script for package \"%s\" failed\n",
                  old_pkg->name);
-        return -1;
+        return 0;
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -613,9 +613,9 @@
     err = pkg_run_script(old_pkg, "postrm", script_args);
     free(script_args);
     if (err != 0) {
-        opkg_msg(ERROR, "postrm script for package \"%s\" failed\n",
+        opkg_msg(NOTICE, "postrm script for package \"%s\" failed\n",
                  old_pkg->name);
-        return -1;
+        return 0;
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -998,10 +998,6 @@
     if (err)
         goto UNWIND_PRERM_DECONFIGURE_CONFLICTORS;
 #endif
-    err = preinst_configure(pkg, old_pkg);
-    if (err)
-        goto UNWIND_PREINST_CONFIGURE;
-
     err = backup_modified_conffiles(pkg, old_pkg);
     if (err)
         goto UNWIND_BACKUP_MODIFIED_CONFFILES;
@@ -1014,6 +1010,10 @@
     if (err)
         goto UNWIND_POSTRM_UPGRADE_OLD_PKG;
 
+    err = preinst_configure(pkg, old_pkg);
+    if (err)
+        goto UNWIND_PREINST_CONFIGURE;
+
     if (opkg_config->noaction)
         return 0;
 
@@ -1097,14 +1097,14 @@
 #endif
     return 0;
 
+ UNWIND_PREINST_CONFIGURE:
+    preinst_configure_unwind(pkg, old_pkg);
  UNWIND_POSTRM_UPGRADE_OLD_PKG:
     postrm_upgrade_old_pkg_unwind(pkg, old_pkg);
  UNWIND_CHECK_DATA_FILE_CLASHES:
     check_data_file_clashes_unwind(pkg, old_pkg);
  UNWIND_BACKUP_MODIFIED_CONFFILES:
     backup_modified_conffiles_unwind(pkg, old_pkg);
- UNWIND_PREINST_CONFIGURE:
-    preinst_configure_unwind(pkg, old_pkg);
 #ifndef HAVE_SOLVER
  UNWIND_PRERM_DECONFIGURE_CONFLICTORS:
     prerm_deconfigure_conflictors_unwind(pkg, replacees);