package isdnutils-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Samantha S]

Installed the package, but then realized I didn't need it. Tried to "sudo apt-get purge isdnutils" and recieved this error

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: isdnutils-base (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
AptOrdering: isdnutils-base: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jul 20 15:24:43 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: isdnutils
Title: package isdnutils-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

from the log:

Purging configuration files for isdnutils-base ...
rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/isdn': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing isdnutils-base (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package isdnutils - 1:3.25+dfsg1-3.3ubuntu1

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isdnutils (1:3.25+dfsg1-3.3ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable:
    - resolves licensing issues with package contents. LP: #511988.
    - includes proper upstream fix for ipppd on ARM. LP: #453159.
    - resolves isdnutils-base removal failures. LP: #813771.
    - fixes capiutils init script to not try to mount obsolete capifs.
      LP: #1064347.
  * Remaining changes:
    - Switch libreadline5-dev to libreadline-gplv2-dev since this package
      appears to be GPLv2
    - debian/patches/no-imake.patch: Don't build xisdnload/xmonisdn using
      xmkmf/imake. This patch was dropped in Debian without explanation;
      it still applies and seems to still be a good idea for eventual
      upstreaming, since imake is quite obsolete.
    - capi.conf: Fix typo for fcdsl2 firmware. LP: #189132.
    - Remove dependencies on /etc/inittab.
      - Disable the installation code to modify /etc/inittab.
      - isdnutils-base: Add ttyI0 example script, which needs to be installed
        in /etc/event.d/ttyI0.
      - isdnvboxserver: Add ttyI1 example script, which needs to be installed
        in /etc/event.d/ttyI1.
      - The two upstart scripts need to be edited.
      - Further improvements and documentation welcome.
  * Changes included in Debian:
    - replace calls to ./MAKEDEV with /sbin/MAKEDEV
    - Build-depend on ppp-dev.
    - Switch to newer tcl -dev.
    - update to newer automake
    - debian/rules: use autoreconf to update the autotools in the capi20
      directory
    - debian/{compat,rules,*.files,.dirs}: Convert to Multi-arch.
    - debian/libcapi20-dev.install: Remove .la files (no builds use them).
  * Changes included upstream:
    - fix for ARM FTBFS.
    - fix bashisms in vboxplay.
    - debian/patches/{config_libdir,toplevel-make}.patch: add CONFIG_LIBDIR
      override to upstream build system to support Multi-arch.
  * Dropped changes:
    - kick dpatch to the curb.
  * Handle migrating the blacklist file from
    /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-capiutils.conf to the path used in Debian,
    /etc/modprobe.d/capiutils.conf.
  * Handle rename of /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/99-ipppd and /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/00-ipppd
    to /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/ipppd and /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ipppd
  * Handle rename of /etc/init.d/isdnutils to /etc/init.d/isdnutils-base
  * Restore standard.tcl to /usr/share/isdnvboxserver/default; maintainer
    scripts must not depend on contents of /usr/share/doc.
  * Apply patches that were preserved in the 3.0 (quilt) migration, but
    were inadvertently not applied:
    - debian/patches/capifax.additional_error_codes.patch
    - debian/patches/capifax.3_1kHz_audio.patch
  * Drop debian/isdnutils-base.cron.d, which isn't a cronjob example at all
    but an inittab example gone astray.
  * debian/dotconfig*: don't use embedded quotes for paths; this confuses
    vbox's Makefiles something fierce, and causes files to be missed from
    debian/tmp'/usr/share/man/' at install time.
  * Fix isdnlog and ipppd to not ship files used in the postinst under
    /usr/share/doc.
  * Modernize the upstart examples.

isdnutils (1:3...

[Sebastian Geiger (lanoxx)]

Hello,

I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and have version 1:3.25+dfsg1-3.3ubuntu1 of isdnutils-base installed. I am still suffering from this bug:

$aptitude search isdn
cp isdnutils-base - ISDN utilities - minimal set

Package state is cp, so there is some configuration data left, lets purge it:

$sudo aptitude purge isdnutils-base
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  isdnutils-base{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 21 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
(Reading database ... 543612 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing isdnutils-base (1:3.12.20071127-0ubuntu6) ...
Purging configuration files for isdnutils-base (1:3.12.20071127-0ubuntu6) ...
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/etc/isdn’: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package isdnutils-base (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 isdnutils-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

$sudo aptitude show isdnutils-base
Package: isdnutils-base
New: yes
State: not installed
Version: 1:3.25+dfsg1-3.3ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 396 k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libncurses5 (>= 5.5-5~), libtinfo5, lsb-base (>= 1.3-9ubuntu3), makedev
PreDepends: debconf (>= 1.2.9) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: ipppd, isdnlog, isdnutils-doc, isdnutils-xtools, isdnvboxserver, isdnvboxclient
Conflicts: isdnutils-base
Description: ISDN utilities - minimal set
 This package provides the basic set of ISDN utilities needed to make use of an ISDN card.
Homepage: http://www.isdn4linux.de

So how can I get rid of it?

[Sebastian Geiger (lanoxx)]

Ok, sorry for bothering. I fixed this it by installing the package and then purging it again.