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upstart package

  1. Trusty (14.04)
  2. Bug #901038
  3. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 901038

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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote : Re: package cups (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Terminal log contains:

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start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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Seems that the post-install script of CUPS is not able to start the CUPS daemon because Upstart is not running. Reassigning ...