package cryptsetup 2:1.4.1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Anadon]

updated trial ubuntu

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cryptsetup 2:1.4.1-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.309
Date: Wed Mar 14 04:50:55 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120313)
SourcePackage: cryptsetup
Title: package cryptsetup 2:1.4.1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
crypttab: # <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
fstab:
 overlayfs / overlayfs rw 0 0
 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
 /dev/sda1 swap swap defaults 0 0

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Autoupdate was prolly running in the background, making dpkg to get locked.

Can you retry? This should work just fine.

[MrBl33t (mrbl33t)]

Just happened to me, i was following a guide to remove KDE.

[Noel Miller (noeldamonmiller)]

I installed opscode chef server, etc. et all
Changed my mind when it looked like there were more dependencies than I expect.
When chef server was purged the question of whether or not to keep cryptsetup was a question and I said "no"
shortly after that I thought that perhaps full disk encryption would break so installed it again
(all of this after an upgrade from the 3.5.0-23 kernel to 3.5.0-25

in short, after a reboot for the upgrade ... FDE choked and didn't ask for the passphrase.
I tried the 3.5.0-24 kernel and that didn't either
then, I booted 3.5.0-23 and it worked again.

not entirely sure what happened.