package tor 0.2.0.31-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[m.syafiq.ramlee]

Binary package hint: tor

Previously, i installed tor, then i found that it isn't working, so I type apt-get remove tor, as well as remove the directory in /etc/ ..
I try install it again using apt-get install and it can't proceed,this is where the bug came out.
I think it must have something to do with the deleting tor directory.

syafiq@syafiq:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

syafiq@syafiq:~$ apt-cache policy tor
tor:
  Installed: 0.2.0.31-1
  Candidate: 0.2.0.31-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.0.31-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I was expected the configuration is done successfully but this is the outcome
##########################################################start of the error
syafiq@syafiq:~$ sudo apt-get install tor
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libqt4-opengl libqt4-assistant libqt4-test libqt4-core libqt4-gui libqt4-svg
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  tor-geoipdb
Suggested packages:
  mixmaster mixminion anon-proxy
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  tor tor-geoipdb
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 1919kB of archives.
After this operation, 5009kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe tor 0.2.0.31-1 [1209kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe tor-geoipdb 0.2.0.31-1 [710kB]
Fetched 1919kB in 2min11s (14.6kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package tor.
(Reading database ... 109276 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking tor (from .../tor_0.2.0.31-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tor-geoipdb.
Unpacking tor-geoipdb (from .../tor-geoipdb_0.2.0.31-1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up privoxy (3.0.8-1) ...
chown: cannot access `/etc/privoxy/user.action': No such file or directory
chown: cannot access `/etc/privoxy/trust': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing privoxy (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up tor (0.2.0.31-1) ...
Raising maximum number of filedescriptors (ulimit -n) to 32768.
Starting tor daemon: tor...
Nov 03 11:48:06.719 [notice] Tor v0.2.0.31 (r16744). This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on Linux i686)
Nov 03 11:48:06.720 [notice] Configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc" not present, using reasonable defaults.
Nov 03 11:48:06.721 [notice] Initialized libevent version 1.3e using method epoll. Good.
Nov 03 11:48:06.721 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Nov 03 11:48:06.721 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Nov 03 11:48:06.721 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
Nov 03 11:48:06.721 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
invoke-rc.d: initscript tor, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing tor (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tor-geoipdb:
 tor-geoipdb depends on tor (>= 0.2.0.31-1); however:
  Package tor is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tor-geoipdb (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 privoxy
 tor
 tor-geoipdb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
##########################################################end of error

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: tor 0.2.0.31-1
SourcePackage: tor
Title: package tor 0.2.0.31-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

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 149679, 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.

[Orion (lafoudre)]

I have the same bug