package syscp 1.4.2.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[agvozden]

Binary package hint: syscp

database error:

access denied for user syscp@localhost

i was trying on my desktop machine, also on virtual box machine

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: syscp 1.4.2.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 16 11:34:16 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: syscp
Title: package syscp 1.4.2.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The relevant error is:
Setting up syscp (1.4.2.1-2) ...
Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN0> line 20.
Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN0> line 28.
 * Reloading web server config apache2
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
   ...done.
Lighttpd not installed, skipping
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/lighttpd not found.
dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/syscp.conf

Creating config file /etc/dbconfig-common/syscp.conf with new version

Creating config file /etc/syscp/config-db.php with new version
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO).
unable to connect to mysql server.
error encountered creating user:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
dbconfig-common: syscp configure: aborted.
dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
dpkg: error processing syscp (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Setting to confirmed due to the duplicates.

[Jacob Mansfield (cyberjacob)]

here is your problem:
using password: NO

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

syscp was removed from the Ubuntu archive during the precise development cycle and therefore is not available under any supported ubuntu release. Marking the syscp task as "Won't Fix".