package libjson-c2:i386 0.11-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package libjson-c2:i386 is already installed and configured

[Muhammad Nauman]

I am just getting this error again and again

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libjson-c2:i386 0.11-4ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-58-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jul 8 17:22:43 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu9
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 multiarch-support 2.23-0ubuntu9
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libjson-c2:i386:0.11-4ubuntu2
 Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libsystemd0:i386 (--configure):
  package libsystemd0:i386 is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package libjson-c2:i386 is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-03 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215)
PackageArchitecture: i386
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package libjson-c2:i386 0.11-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package libjson-c2:i386 is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Incidentally you may also have hardware errors:

Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1: SError: { UnrecovData Handshk }
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:c0:00:a8:99/00:00:10:00:00/40 tag 24 ncq dma 4096 out
                                             res 40/00:d0:00:a9:19/00:00:15:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: cmd 60/00:c8:d0:cf:9e/01:00:16:00:00/40 tag 25 ncq dma 131072 in
                                             res 40/00:d0:00:a9:19/00:00:15:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: cmd 60/40:d0:00:a9:19/00:00:15:00:00/40 tag 26 ncq dma 32768 in
                                             res 40/00:d0:00:a9:19/00:00:15:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jul 10 01:55:04 hostname kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x40000003 SErr 0x400100 action 0x6 frozen
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: irq_stat 0x08000000, interface fatal error
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1: SError: { UnrecovData Handshk }
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: cmd 60/00:00:d0:cf:9e/01:00:16:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq dma 131072 in
                                             res 40/00:08:00:a8:99/00:00:10:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:08:00:a8:99/00:00:10:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq dma 4096 out
                                             res 40/00:08:00:a8:99/00:00:10:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: cmd 60/40:f0:00:a9:19/00:00:15:00:00/40 tag 30 ncq dma 32768 in
                                             res 40/00:08:00:a8:99/00:00:10:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 3.0 Gbps
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x70 SErr 0x400100 action 0x6 frozen
Jul 10 01:55:05 hostname kernel: ata1.00: irq_stat 0x08000000, interface fatal error

Good luck

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.