package samba4 4.0.0~alpha18.dfsg1-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 126

[chris legg]

bug report compiled automatically when I tried to upgrade system

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: samba4 4.0.0~alpha18.dfsg1-4ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic-pae 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 13 11:58:02 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 126
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
SourcePackage: samba4
Title: package samba4 4.0.0~alpha18.dfsg1-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 126
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-09-11 (62 days ago)

[Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 988509, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[chris legg (christopher-legg)]

Thank for the reply. I am still not clear what I should do to rectify
the situation. I have given up on samba some time ago. I am a new user
of Ubuntu, and initially had good communication with an Ubuntu laptop
plus windows machines in my home office, but then, following package
upgrades all communication failed. I no longer have a second Ubuntu
machine, but use windows laptops. I transfer all data between my main
(desktop) Ubuntu computer and desktops )for field use) by means of USB
sticks. The problem at the moment is that some of my GIS software (QGIS
and GDAL) cannot be upgraded because Samba is missing. I do not
understand why.

Chris

On Thu, 2012-11-15 at 04:44 +0000, Edward Donovan wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 988509 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988509
>
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a
> duplicate of bug 988509, so it is being marked as such. Please look at
> the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you
> can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug.
> Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in
> the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may
> find.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 988509
> setoption.pl is not executable
>

[Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer)]

On Thu, 2012-11-15 at 09:25 +0000, chris legg wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 988509 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988509
>
> Thank for the reply. I am still not clear what I should do to rectify
> the situation. I have given up on samba some time ago. I am a new user
> of Ubuntu, and initially had good communication with an Ubuntu laptop
> plus windows machines in my home office, but then, following package
> upgrades all communication failed. I no longer have a second Ubuntu
> machine, but use windows laptops. I transfer all data between my main
> (desktop) Ubuntu computer and desktops )for field use) by means of USB
> sticks. The problem at the moment is that some of my GIS software (QGIS
> and GDAL) cannot be upgraded because Samba is missing. I do not
> understand why.
You probably want the 'samba' package rather than the 'samba4' package.
The 'samba4' package contains the experimental next version of Samba,
and is still fairly broken in the version of Ubuntu that you are
running.

Cheers,

Jelmer

[chris legg (christopher-legg)]

I am unclear how to install just "samba" not "samba4". When I use

apt-get install samba

it automatically tries to install samba4.

On Thu, 2012-11-15 at 11:46 +0000, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 988509 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988509
>
> On Thu, 2012-11-15 at 09:25 +0000, chris legg wrote:
> > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 988509 ***
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988509
> >
> > Thank for the reply. I am still not clear what I should do to rectify
> > the situation. I have given up on samba some time ago. I am a new user
> > of Ubuntu, and initially had good communication with an Ubuntu laptop
> > plus windows machines in my home office, but then, following package
> > upgrades all communication failed. I no longer have a second Ubuntu
> > machine, but use windows laptops. I transfer all data between my main
> > (desktop) Ubuntu computer and desktops )for field use) by means of USB
> > sticks. The problem at the moment is that some of my GIS software (QGIS
> > and GDAL) cannot be upgraded because Samba is missing. I do not
> > understand why.
> You probably want the 'samba' package rather than the 'samba4' package.
> The 'samba4' package contains the experimental next version of Samba,
> and is still fairly broken in the version of Ubuntu that you are
> running.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jelmer
>