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package tar 1.26-4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package tar is already installed and configured

Bug #959485 reported by S. Neumann on 2012-03-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #541595: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	tar (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I just did an upgrade from 11.10 and this problem occurred after an update.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: tar
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 19 14:35:36 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package tar is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
SourcePackage: tar
Title: package tar 1.26-4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package tar is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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S. Neumann (karatebomber) wrote on 2012-03-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (438 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (5.4 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (10.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (21.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (540 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (15.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlogpartial.gz Edit (11.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (8.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2012-03-20:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 541595, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.