package nis 3.17-31ubuntu0.10.04.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Javier Oliver]

I tried:

sudo apt-get install -f

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libzzip-0-13 nite-dev libxaw7-dev ps-engine libglut3-dev libtheora-dev
  libwxbase2.8-dev libzzip-dev python-sphinx python-paramiko libpcre3-dev
  libsdl-image1.2-dev python-epydoc libyaml-dev python-docutils python-roman
  libsqlite3-dev libxmu-headers libfltk1.1-dev python-lxml
  libgraphicsmagick1-dev python-sip4-dev libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 libapr1-dev
  libpcrecpp0 ttf-lyx libhdf5-serial-dev libexif-dev libfreeimage-dev
  libfltk1.1 python-matplotlib-data liblog4cxx10-dev libxmu-dev libwmf-dev
  python-dateutil libnetpbm10-dev uuid-dev python-pyparsing
  libgraphicsmagick++3 libqhull-dev liblcms1-dev libgraphicsmagick++1-dev
  yaml-cpp0.2.6-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev python-matplotlib
  x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev libfreeimage3 liblog4cxx10 libdb4.8-dev openni-dev
  libxxf86vm-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev python-pygments libgraphicsmagick3
  libaprutil1-dev wx2.8-headers libqhull5 python-jinja2 libidn11-dev
  libcurl4-openssl-dev libv4l-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up nis (3.17-31ubuntu0.10.04.3) ...
start: Job is already running: ypbind
invoke-rc.d: initscript ypbind, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing nis (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nis
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I also tried:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up nis (3.17-31ubuntu0.10.04.3) ...
start: Job is already running: ypbind
invoke-rc.d: initscript ypbind, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing nis (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nis

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nis 3.17-31ubuntu0.10.04.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-36.79-generic 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-36-generic i686
AptOrdering: nis: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 30 11:15:17 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: nis
Title: package nis 3.17-31ubuntu0.10.04.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Javier Oliver (javioliver)]

I mean, I tried to install Adobe Flash player, but the installation failed and the installer recommended me to do: sudo apt-get install -f, and sudo dpkg --configure -a, which also failed because of the nis.

I tried to update the nis, but no luck.

Can anybody tell me what can I do? I am not good in linux... sorry.

[Javier Oliver (javioliver)]

Ok, I solved it!
I did purge nis, and re-install it.

Thanks!!