E: proftpd-basic: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 100
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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proftpd-dfsg (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have tried to remove proftpd through Synaptic (Complete removal). Along with proftpd-basic, other associated packages + gadmin-proftpd and gproftpd were also selected for complete removal. Though other packages got un-installed, proftpd-basic thrown following error.
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Error message:
E: proftpd-basic: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 100
Error details:
(Reading database ... 107841 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing proftpd-basic ...
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/proftpd not found.
dpkg: error processing proftpd-basic (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 100
Errors were encountered while processing:
proftpd-basic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
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Attempted to re-install, but that also failed.
Thanks
2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux