Bug#317646: AW: [Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#317646: nagios-common fails to install on a (more or less) clean system

[Gunther Stammwitz]

Hello Sean,

That did it !!! Everything is working now :-)

off:~# dpkg -P nagios-text nagios-plugins nagios-common
(Reading database ... 43808 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nagios-text ...
Removing nagios-plugins ...
Purging configuration files for nagios-plugins ...
Removing nagios-common ...
Reloading apache configuration.
Purging configuration files for nagios-common ...
dpkg - warning: while removing nagios-common, directory =
`/usr/lib/nagios'
not empty so not removed.
off:~# apt-get install nagios-text

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  nagios-common nagios-plugins
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nagios-common nagios-plugins nagios-text
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/2473kB of archives.
After unpacking 7025kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package nagios-text.
(Reading database ... 43316 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nagios-text (from
.../nagios-text_2%3a1.3-cvs.20050402-2.sarge.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package nagios-plugins.
Unpacking nagios-plugins (from .../nagios-plugins_1.4-6_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package nagios-common.
Unpacking nagios-common (from
.../nagios-common_2%3a1.3-cvs.20050402-2.sarge.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up nagios-plugins (1.4-6) ...

Setting up nagios-text (1.3-cvs.20050402-2.sarge.1) ...

Setting up nagios-common (1.3-cvs.20050402-2.sarge.1) ...
Reloading apache configuration.
Adding password for user nagiosadmin
Starting nagios: nagios.


Thanks a lot and good bye,
Gunther=20

> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: 'sean finney' [mailto:seanius@debian.org]=20
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. Juli 2005 17:39
> An: Gunther Stammwitz
> Cc: 317646@bugs.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: [Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#317646: nagios-common=20
> fails to install on a (more or less) clean system
>=20
> hi gunther,
>=20
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 05:33:26PM +0200, Gunther Stammwitz wrote:
> >  apt-get --purge remove nagios-text nagios-plugins nagios-common &&=20
> > apt-get install nagios-text Reading Package Lists... Done Building=20
> > Dependency Tree... Done Package nagios-text is not=20
> installed, so not=20
> > removed Package nagios-plugins is not installed, so not removed=20
> > Package nagios-common is not installed, so not removed
>=20
> if you've removed the packages already, i think apt will not=20
> purge them.  you can still purge them with
>=20
> dpkg -P nagios-text nagios-plugins nagios-common
>=20
> after which point i think your problem should be solved. =20
> could you try that out?
>=20
> thanks,
> 	sean
>=20
> --=20
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