[ncolug] Re: PS
- From: "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:06:59 -0500
Let the FLAME WAR begin!!! ;o)
** Written on an Ubuntu 9.10 system that is currently sharing a table with
two other 9.10 machines. **
Mike
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:53 PM, larry <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You are using Ubuntu 9.10
> - the Karmic Koala - released in October 2009 and supported
> until April 2011.
>
> There is no longer a need for anyone to ask anyone "what distribution...?"
> Right? ; )
>
> Rob Gibson wrote:
>
>> Larry,
>>
>> It looks like the postrm script is trying to stop CUPS before making
>> modifications to the system (as it probably should) and is failing.
>> The fact that the init script for CUPS tells me that one of three
>> things is going on.
>>
>> 1. CUPS is not installed, but the package you are trying to remove
>> expects it to be. Try installing CUPS to ensure that the postrm
>> script can do what it wants to do when removing that package.
>>
>> 2. The postrm script has a bug in it and needs to be worked around.
>> Depending on what the script is actually doing, you might be able to
>> replicate the actions of a particular line and then comment that line
>> out in the script. Check /var/lib/dpkg/info/ql550cupswrapper.postrm
>> for instances of /etc/init.d/cupsys and comment those lines out. Most
>> likely, the system is trying to shut down CUPS. If that is what is
>> happening, you can shut CUPS down manually and comment the line
>> safely. I would be VERY judicious with this option, as there is a
>> chance of breaking your package management just a bit if you aren't
>> careful. Nothing really terrible, but it would need to be fixed
>> before any other changes could be made to packages on your system.
>>
>> 3. Depending on your distribution and version, there are some new
>> alternatives to the traditional SysV init and rc system that are
>> becoming more popular. With either Upstart or Debian Testing's new
>> "dependency-based boot system," certain assumptions that we take for
>> granted are no longer guaranteed. Scripts may be in different
>> locations and such.
>>
>> So I would look closely at what the postrm is doing and why the script
>> can't find the /etc/init.d/cupsys script for your answer. Also, what
>> distribution are you running?
>>
>> I hope we can help...
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:07 PM, larry <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> root@blackmagic:/home/larry# apt-get remove
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
>>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>> ql550cupswrapper
>>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 39 not upgraded.
>>> 1 not fully installed or removed.
>>> After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
>>> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
>>> (Reading database ... 148379 files and directories currently installed.)
>>> Removing ql550cupswrapper ...
>>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ql550cupswrapper.postrm: 4: /etc/init.d/cupsys: not
>>> found
>>> dpkg: error processing ql550cupswrapper (--remove):
>>> subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>> ql550cupswrapper
>>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>> root@blackmagic:/home/larry#
>>>
>>> root@blackmagic:/home/larry# dpkg --force-all -r ql550cupswrapper
>>> (Reading database ... 148379 files and directories currently installed.)
>>> Removing ql550cupswrapper ...
>>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ql550cupswrapper.postrm: 4: /etc/init.d/cupsys: not
>>> found
>>> dpkg: error processing ql550cupswrapper (--remove):
>>> subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>> ql550cupswrapper
>>> root@blackmagic:/home/larry#
>>>
>>> root@blackmagic:/home/larry# apt-get install ql550cupswrapper
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
>>> ql550cupswrapper is already the newest version.
>>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>> ql550cupswrapper
>>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 39 not upgraded.
>>> 1 not fully installed or removed.
>>> After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
>>> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
>>> (Reading database ... 148379 files and directories currently installed.)
>>> Removing ql550cupswrapper ...
>>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ql550cupswrapper.postrm: 4: /etc/init.d/cupsys: not
>>> found
>>> dpkg: error processing ql550cupswrapper (--remove):
>>> subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>> ql550cupswrapper
>>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>> root@blackmagic:/home/larry#
>>>
>>>
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