package logsave (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: no package named 'logsave' is installed, cannot configure

[Christian Greim]

updating crashes
as suggested I did apt-get install -f
now everything is working fine.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: logsave (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Fri Oct 2 12:45:08 2020
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package logsave (--configure):
  no package named 'logsave' is installed, cannot configure
ErrorMessage: no package named 'logsave' is installed, cannot configure
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-08 (1697 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18rc1, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: e2fsprogs
Title: package logsave (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: no package named 'logsave' is installed, cannot configure
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-02 (0 days ago)

[Christian Greim (cgreim)]

while upgrading from 18.04 to 20.04
some errors occoured
after upgrading, updating crased
as suggested, I did apt-get install -f
after that everything works fine

[Rubisel Prieto (rubiselprieto)]

I have same issue and could not fix with "apt-get install -f". Here my output for "apt-get install -f"

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libip4tc2 libperl5.26
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  console-setup e2fsprogs logsave
Suggested packages:
  gpart fuse2fs e2fsck-static
Recommended packages:
  e2fsprogs-l10n
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  logsave
The following packages will be upgraded:
  console-setup e2fsprogs
2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 492 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/637 kB of archives.
After this operation, 346 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 156633 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../e2fsprogs_1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking e2fsprogs (1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1) over (1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/e2fsprogs_1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to create '/etc/cron.d/e2scrub_all.dpkg-new' (while processing './etc/cron.d/e2scrub_all'): Operation not permitted
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
dpkg: considering deconfiguration of e2fsprogs, which would be broken by installation of logsave ...
dpkg: no, e2fsprogs is essential, will not deconfigure
 it in order to enable installation of logsave
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/logsave_1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 installing logsave would break existing software
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/e2fsprogs_1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/logsave_1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[William Wilson (jawn-smith)]

This "Operation not permitted" error looks suspicious. @rubiselprieto can you check the permissions on your /etc/cron.d directory?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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