dnsproxy won't install on Oneiric : unable to bind socket: Cannot assign requested address

[Bruno Bigras]

I didn't see any application listening on the dns port in udp and I was able to install pdnsd.

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric)

$ sudo apt-get install dnsproxy
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dnsproxy
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/16.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 131 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package dnsproxy.
(Reading database ... 48927 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dnsproxy (from .../dnsproxy_1.16-0.1build1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up dnsproxy (1.16-0.1build1) ...
 * Starting dnsproxy dnsproxy
unable to bind socket: Cannot assign requested address
   ...fail!
invoke-rc.d: initscript dnsproxy, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dnsproxy (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dnsproxy
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[crizorgy (chris+connell)]

Selecting previously deselected package dnsproxy.
(Reading database ... 439192 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dnsproxy (from .../dnsproxy_1.16-0.1build1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up dnsproxy (1.16-0.1build1) ...
 * Starting dnsproxy dnsproxy unable to bind socket: Cannot assign requested address
                                                                         [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript dnsproxy, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dnsproxy (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 dnsproxy
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up dnsproxy (1.16-0.1build1) ...
 * Starting dnsproxy dnsproxy unable to bind socket: Cannot assign requested address
                                                                         [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript dnsproxy, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dnsproxy (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dnsproxy

[crizorgy (chris+connell)]

I also have amd-64 on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric). 8 GB memory.

[crizorgy (chris+connell)]

I had been trying to install fglrx and jockey - for my AMD display - with installation failures just prior to my install error with dnsproxy.

[crizorgy (chris+connell)]

Ran sudo apt-get install clean and also --purge, tried to install dnsproxy again; still cannot bind.

[Marcos Talau (marcostalau)]

This bug was already fixed in the last version available on Debian