package click 0.4.21.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package click is already installed and configured

[Andrea Monelli]

I got an error on this package while upgrading from 13.10 to 14.04. Since then I always have this error during boot.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: click 0.4.21.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1-1ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 640:0:114:956543:2014-04-26 00:20:48.831395149 +0200:2014-04-26 00:20:49.831395149 +0200:/var/crash/click.0.crash
 664:1000:114:0:2014-04-26 10:19:51.827386124 +0200:2014-04-26 10:19:51.827386124 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_update-manager.1000.upload
 640:1000:114:132434:2014-04-26 10:19:49.487386226 +0200:2014-04-26 10:19:50.487386226 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_update-manager.1000.crash
 600:108:114:0:2014-04-26 10:19:55.359385926 +0200:2014-04-26 10:19:55.359385926 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_update-manager.1000.uploaded
Date: Sat Apr 26 00:20:41 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:click:0.4.21.1:ErrorMessage: package click is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package click is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-20 (194 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package click 0.4.21.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package click is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-26 (6 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Looking at this further there was an issue trying to upgrade click:

Preparing to unpack .../click_0.4.21.1_amd64.deb ...
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 139
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/click_0.4.21.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 139