bluez package fails to install via apt-get, which prevents me from installing ia32-libs, on precise. Running over ssh, not sure if that could be relevant. I'm not interested in using the bluez package at all, this is a server.
# apt-get install bluez
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bluez
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 39 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/969 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,525 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package bluez.
(Reading database ... 89815 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bluez (from .../bluez_4.98-2ubuntu7.1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up bluez (4.98-2ubuntu7.1) ...
reload: Unknown instance:
invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "force-reload" failed.
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript bluetooth, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing bluez (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
bluez
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
# apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
bluez bluez-alsa:i386 ia32-libs-multiarch:i386
Suggested packages:
libpam-ldap:i386 libpam-winbind:i386 libnss-ldap:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bluez bluez-alsa:i386 ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch:i386
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 39 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,111 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,987 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Selecting previously unselected package bluez.
(Reading database ... 89815 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bluez (from .../bluez_4.98-2ubuntu7.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package bluez-alsa:i386.
Unpacking bluez-alsa:i386 (from .../bluez-alsa_4.98-2ubuntu7.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ia32-libs-multiarch:i386.
Unpacking ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 (from .../ia32-libs-multiarch_20090808ubuntu36_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ia32-libs.
Unpacking ia32-libs (from .../ia32-libs_20090808ubuntu36_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up bluez (4.98-2ubuntu7.1) ...
reload: Unknown instance:
invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "force-reload" failed.
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript bluetooth, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing bluez (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bluez-alsa:i386:
bluez-alsa:i386 depends on bluez; however:
Package bluez is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing bluez-alsa:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ia32-libs-multiarch:i386:
ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 depends on bluez-alsa; however:
Package bluez-alsa:i386 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ia32-libs:
ia32-libs depends on ia32-libs-multiarch; however:
Package ia32-libs-multiarch is not installed.
Package ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ia32-libs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
bluez
bluez-alsa:i386
ia32-libs-multiarch:i386
ia32-libs
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
This workaround seems to have worked: https:/