systemd-shim was not installed in 16.10 and now cannot purge or remove
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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systemd-shim (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
spsanchez@
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
systemd-shim
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 71.7 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 632222 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing systemd-shim (9-1bzr4ubuntu1) ...
Removing 'diversion of /usr/share/
dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting '/usr/share/
different file '/usr/share/
dpkg: error processing package systemd-shim (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
systemd-shim
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
spsanchez@
information type: | Private Security → Public |
affects: | libjpeg-turbo (Ubuntu) → systemd-shim (Ubuntu) |
i am not able to update, upgrade, install the nvidia drivers. This error has me dead in the water. dbus-1/ system- services/ org.freedesktop .systemd1. service to /usr/share/ dbus-1/ system- services/ org.freedesktop .systemd1. service. systemd by systemd-shim' dbus-1/ system- services/ org.freedesktop .systemd1. service' with dbus-1/ system- services/ org.freedesktop .systemd1. service. systemd' , not allowed
sudo apt-get install --reinstall systemd-shim
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of systemd-shim is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
systemd-shim
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 71.7 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 631675 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing systemd-shim (9-1bzr4ubuntu1) ...
Removing 'diversion of /usr/share/
dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting '/usr/share/
different file '/usr/share/
dpkg: error processing package systemd-shim (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
systemd-shim
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)