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ecryptfs-utils package

ecryptfs-utils failed to upgrade (prerm ERROR: Cannot remove ecryptfs-utils, as it appears to be in use)

Bug #516417 reported by Usama Akkad
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

Hello,

At the end of Ubuntu Lucid installation at the dpkg running stage it showed an error about ecryptfs-utils and it showed on the toolbar till I fixed it by running
#apt-get -f install
as suggested by the command line

tester01@tester01-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install xchat
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  ecryptfs-utils: Depends: libecryptfs0 (>= 77) but it is not going to be installed
                  Depends: keyutils but it is not going to be installed
  xchat: Depends: xchat-common (= 2.8.6-4ubuntu4) but it is not going to be installed
         Recommends: tcl but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
tester01@tester01-laptop:~$

that is it.

Thank you for this beautiful and free software

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 3 09:02:11 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
Package: ecryptfs-utils 82-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-10.14-generic
SourcePackage: ecryptfs-utils
Tags: lucid ubuntu-unr
Title: package ecryptfs-utils 82-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-10-generic i686

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Usama Akkad (damascene) wrote :
Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
summary: - ecryptfs-utils faild to install or upgrade after fresh Lucid install
+ ecryptfs-utils failed to upgrade (prerm ERROR: Cannot remove ecryptfs-
+ utils, as it appears to be in use)
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Hmm, I don't quite understand your report...

Is this a Lucid install, or an upgrade from Karmic?

Is this still reproducible, or perhaps an archive hiccup?

Are you actually using ecryptfs for encrypted home or private?

Changed in ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Usama Akkad (damascene) wrote :
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Usama Akkad (damascene) wrote :

It's Lucid install:
ubuntu-9.10-netbook-remix-i386.iso
the md5sum attached may reveal the version for you
I think it's reproducible if you installed the same iso but I don't know if that have been fixed since the time I reported

I'm not using it or at least no one asked me if I want or not. this problem happen at the end of installation process and alerts kept showing tell I fixed the problem like suggested in the command line

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David Mawdsley (dm-madmod) wrote :

I've had a problem with a broken ecryptfs-utils that I tried to remove. The normal sudo apt-get remove ecryptfs-utils fails as does sudo apt-get -f install.

Instead I used the following sequence which seemed to have removed the necessary parts and put the update manager back to normal:

Command Sequence: (VERY CAREFUL TYPING PLEASE)

cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
sudo rm ecryptfs-utils.*
sudo dpkg --remove ecryptfs-utils

To make sure that the package manager is working okay, start it with:
sudo upate-manager -d
and make it check for updates.

This worked for me.

I suspect that ecryptfs-utils is broken for Lucid for now. Some bug fixes are apparently in the works.

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Here is what caused the removal:

Investigating ecryptfs-utils
Package ecryptfs-utils has broken Depends on libecryptfs0
  Removing ecryptfs-utils because I can't find libecryptfs0

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

That is a bit puzzling, but one possible way to ensure ecryptfs-utils stays installed is to make it a depends of adduser instead of a recommends.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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