failed to install

[Helmut Aab]

Binary package hint: snort

ubuntu 8.10

snort:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.7.0-19ubuntu1
  Version table:
     2.7.0-19ubuntu1 0
        500 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages

E: snort-mysql: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6
E: mtop: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

(Can't copy install log from Synaptec Package Manager)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: snort-mysql 2.7.0-19ubuntu1
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort-mysql 2.7.0-19ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is with snort-mysql
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Setting up snort-mysql (2.7.0-19ubuntu1) ...
 * Stopping Network Intrusion Detection System snort
 * No running snort instance found
 * Starting Network Intrusion Detection System snort
 * /etc/snort/db-pending-config file found
 * Snort will not start as its database is not yet configured.
 * Please configure the database as described in
 * /usr/share/doc/snort-{pgsql,mysql}/README-database.Debian
 * and remove /etc/snort/db-pending-config
invoke-rc.d: initscript snort, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing snort-mysql (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6
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