Package: apt Version: 1.2.1 Followup-For: Bug #812994 I just noticed some interesting behavior related to this bug. Looking back at Rohan's initial term.log, we see this:
Log started: 2016-01-28 12:13:31 ... Selecting previously unselected package libglobus-xio-gridftp-driver-dev:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libpipeline1_1.4.1-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libglobus-xio-gridftp-driver-dev:amd64 (2.11-1) ... ... dpkg: error processing package libpipeline1 (--configure): no package named 'libpipeline1' is installed, cannot configure Now, the "Selecting previously unselected", "Preparing to unpack", etc. lines come from dpkg. From what I can tell, those 3 lines should all refer to the same archive, and they do for the rest of the log. I had a similar problem today. $ sudo apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: build-essential console-setup console-setup-linux imagemagick imagemagick-6.q16 iso-codes keyboard-configuration libasound2 libasound2-data libboost-filesystem1.58.0 libboost-iostreams1.58.0 libboost-program-options1.58.0 libboost-system1.58.0 libdatrie1 libdebconfclient0 libexception-class-perl libfftw3-double3 libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common libio-socket-ssl-perl libjpeg62-turbo libmagickcore-6.q16-2 libmagickwand-6.q16-2 libmodule-build-perl libthai-data libthai0 27 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 15.1 MB of archives. After this operation, 9,342 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:3 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 keyboard-configuration all 1.136 [667 kB] Get:1 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 console-setup-linux all 1.136 [984 kB] Get:2 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 console-setup all 1.136 [116 kB] Get:4 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libfftw3-double3 amd64 3.3.4-2+b1 [731 kB] Get:8 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 libdebconfclient0 amd64 0.204 [47.2 kB] Get:9 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 libboost-iostreams1.58.0 amd64 1.58.0+dfsg-4.1+b1 [51.1 kB] Get:10 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 build-essential amd64 12.2 [7,280 B] Get:5 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libjpeg62-turbo amd64 1:1.4.2-2 [126 kB] Get:11 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 imagemagick amd64 8:6.8.9.9-7+b1 [155 kB] Get:6 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libmagickcore-6.q16-2 amd64 8:6.8.9.9-7+b1 [1,675 kB] Get:12 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 imagemagick-6.q16 amd64 8:6.8.9.9-7+b1 [512 kB] Get:7 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libmagickwand-6.q16-2 amd64 8:6.8.9.9-7+b1 [400 kB] Get:13 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 iso-codes all 3.65-1 [2,320 kB] Get:14 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libasound2-data all 1.1.0-1 [70.9 kB] Get:15 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libasound2 amd64 1.1.0-1 [396 kB] Get:17 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 libboost-filesystem1.58.0 amd64 1.58.0+dfsg-4.1+b1 [60.9 kB] Get:18 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 libboost-program-options1.58.0 amd64 1.58.0+dfsg-4.1+b1 [161 kB] Get:16 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libboost-system1.58.0 amd64 1.58.0+dfsg-4.1+b1 [31.0 kB] Get:19 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libdatrie1 amd64 0.2.10-2 [35.8 kB] Get:21 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libgtk-3-common all 3.18.7-1 [3,363 kB] Get:20 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 libexception-class-perl all 1.40-1 [29.1 kB] Get:27 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian sid/main amd64 libthai0 amd64 0.1.24-2 [49.5 kB] Get:22 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libgtk-3-0 amd64 3.18.7-1 [2,380 kB] Get:23 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libgtk-3-bin amd64 3.18.7-1 [101 kB] Get:24 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libio-socket-ssl-perl all 2.023-1 [189 kB] Get:25 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libmodule-build-perl all 0.421600-1 [258 kB] Get:26 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian sid/main amd64 libthai-data all 0.1.24-2 [163 kB] Fetched 15.0 MB in 2s (5,162 kB/s) Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done Reading changelogs... Done apt-listchanges: Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 134500 files and directories currently installed.) ... Selecting previously unselected package libn32atomic1-mips64el-cross. Preparing to unpack .../libjpeg62-turbo_1%3a1.4.2-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libn32atomic1-mips64el-cross (5.3.1-7cross1) ... ... dpkg: error processing package libjpeg62-turbo:amd64 (--configure): package libjpeg62-turbo:amd64 is already installed and configured ... $ dpkg-query -l libjpeg62-turbo Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===============================-====================-====================-=================================================================== ii libjpeg62-turbo:amd64 1:1.4.1-2 amd64 libjpeg-turbo JPEG runtime library Even though there was no reason for libn32atomic1-mips64el-cross to be installed, apt didn't download the archive, and I don't have the .deb for it in /var/cache/apt/archives, dpkg thought it was unpacked instead of libjpeg62-turbo. >From /var/log/dpkg.log: 2016-02-03 08:53:33 startup archives unpack ... 2016-02-03 08:53:40 install libn32atomic1-mips64el-cross:all <none> 5.3.1-7cross1 2016-02-03 08:53:40 status half-installed libn32atomic1-mips64el-cross:all 5.3.1-7cross1 2016-02-03 08:53:40 status unpacked libn32atomic1-mips64el-cross:all 5.3.1-7cross1 2016-02-03 08:53:40 status unpacked libn32atomic1-mips64el-cross:all 5.3.1-7cross1 I'm not sure if this is something to do with how apt is driving dpkg or dpkg itself is getting confused, but hopefully this helps. Cheers, James