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package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: package samba-common is already installed and configured

Bug #550629 reported by dam on 2010-03-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #514963: samba-common-bin postinst returned error exit status 2 (update-alternatives nmblookup corrupt). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	samba (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

well first of all thank you very much for using ubuntu linux 9.10 my problem is the lack sigiente fix that bug me I leave here:

I appreciate my help thanks
package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: package samba-common is already installed and configured

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 28 23:12:33 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: package samba-common is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: package samba-common is already installed and configured
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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dam (damklee) wrote on 2010-03-29:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (527 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (64.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (72.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote on 2010-03-29:

Please run sudo dpkg --configure -a

Chuck Short (zulcss) on 2010-03-30

Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Incomplete

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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote on 2010-04-06:

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

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GPAULIEG (pgriffiths-neo) wrote on 2010-04-13:

paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get purge samba-common-bin
[sudo] password for paul:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
nautilus-share* samba-common-bin*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 13.8MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 222330 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nautilus-share ...
Removing samba-common-bin ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude download samba-common-bin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 [4,789kB]
Fetched 4,789kB in 20s (234kB/s)
paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i samba-common-bin_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package samba-common-bin.
(Reading database ... 222302 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking samba-common-bin (from samba-common-bin_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6_i386.deb) ...
Setting up samba-common-bin (2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6) ...
update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/nmblookup corrupt: invalid status
dpkg: error processing samba-common-bin (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
samba-common-bin