Public bug reported: This is presumably due to demotion of squid in favor of squid3. I'm assuming the squid.conf shipped with squid-deb-proxy will need to be adjusted accordingly.
ubuntu@avahi-service:~$ sudo apt-get -y install squid-deb-proxy [sudo] password for ubuntu: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for ubuntu: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libopenais3 linux-headers-3.0.0-12 libpython2.6 linux-headers-3.0.0-12-server Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: avahi-daemon avahi-utils libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 libnss-mdns Suggested packages: avahi-autoipd The following NEW packages will be installed: avahi-daemon avahi-utils libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 libnss-mdns squid-deb-proxy 0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded. Need to get 263 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,076 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main libavahi-core7 amd64 0.6.30-5ubuntu1 [112 kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main libdaemon0 amd64 0.14-2 [18.9 kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main avahi-daemon amd64 0.6.30-5ubuntu1 [69.1 kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main avahi-utils amd64 0.6.30-5ubuntu1 [30.0 kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main libnss-mdns amd64 0.10-3.2 [24.7 kB] Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe squid-deb-proxy all 0.6 [8,554 B] Fetched 263 kB in 2s (89.1 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package libavahi-core7. (Reading database ... 92681 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libavahi-core7 (from .../libavahi-core7_0.6.30-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libdaemon0. Unpacking libdaemon0 (from .../libdaemon0_0.14-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package avahi-daemon. Unpacking avahi-daemon (from .../avahi-daemon_0.6.30-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package avahi-utils. Unpacking avahi-utils (from .../avahi-utils_0.6.30-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libnss-mdns. Unpacking libnss-mdns (from .../libnss-mdns_0.10-3.2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package squid-deb-proxy. Unpacking squid-deb-proxy (from .../squid-deb-proxy_0.6_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libavahi-core7 (0.6.30-5ubuntu1) ... Setting up libdaemon0 (0.14-2) ... Setting up avahi-daemon (0.6.30-5ubuntu1) ... avahi-daemon start/running, process 2968 Setting up avahi-utils (0.6.30-5ubuntu1) ... Setting up libnss-mdns (0.10-3.2) ... First installation detected... Checking NSS setup... Setting up squid-deb-proxy (0.6) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript squid-deb-proxy, action "restart" failed. start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript squid-deb-proxy, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing squid-deb-proxy (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Errors were encountered while processing: squid-deb-proxy E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ubuntu@avahi-service:~$ ** Affects: squid-deb-proxy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893313 Title: squid-deb-proxy 0.6 fails to install on precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid-deb-proxy/+bug/893313/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs