You have been subscribed to a public bug: when installing pure-ftpd without installing update-inetd first in fails in postinstall:
Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 67107 files and directories currently installed.) Removing vsftpd (3.0.3-12) ... Selecting previously unselected package pure-ftpd-common. (Reading database ... 67057 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../pure-ftpd-common_1.0.49-4_all.deb ... Unpacking pure-ftpd-common (1.0.49-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package pure-ftpd. Preparing to unpack .../pure-ftpd_1.0.49-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking pure-ftpd (1.0.49-4) ... Setting up pure-ftpd-common (1.0.49-4) ... Setting up pure-ftpd (1.0.49-4) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/ftpusers ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/pure-ftpd.postinst: 34: update-inetd: not found dpkg: error processing package pure-ftpd (--configure): installed pure-ftpd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127 Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.5) ... Errors were encountered while processing: pure-ftpd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ** Affects: pure-ftpd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- pure-ftpd should depend on update-inetd https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1921537 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs