Public bug reported: Started to test bacula (sudo apt-get install bacula) but misplaced the mySQL password. Aborted the installation process. Now can't uninstall bacula with either remove nor purge.
Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS $ sudo apt-get remove bacula Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package bacula is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-2.6.32-32 linux-headers-2.6.32-28 linux-headers-2.6.32-32-generic-pae Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 70 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up bacula-director-mysql (5.0.1-1ubuntu1) ... dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/bacula-director-mysql.conf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/dbconfig-common/bacula-director-mysql.conf sanity check failed for dbc_dbuser. error encountered creating user: No database user specified. dbconfig-common: bacula-director-mysql configure: aborted. dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password dpkg: error processing bacula-director-mysql (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bacula-server: bacula-server depends on bacula-director-mysql (>= 5.0.1-1ubuntu1) | bacula-director; however: Package bacula-director-mysql is not configured yet. Package bacula-director is not installed. Package bacula-director-mysql which provides bacula-director is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bacula-server (--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: bacula-director-mysql bacula-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ** Affects: bacula (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to bacula in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890917 Title: bacula won't uninstall To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bacula/+bug/890917/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs